P00004
THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSIONS IN DEEP SPACE, FROM DISCOVERY CLASS MISSIONS LIKE PSYCHE AND LUCY DOWN TO VERY SMALL SPACECRAFT LIKE LUNAR FLASHLIGHT, IS DRIVING THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZED, FLEXIBLE, FULL-FEATURED FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GNC). AUTONOMOUS GNC ALLOWS A SPACECRAFT TO PERFORM MOST OF ITS OWN NAVIGATION ACTIVITIES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR GROUND-BASED PERSONNEL AND DSN TIME, REDUCING COST AND REQUIRED DSN CONTACT TIME, SAVING MONEY, AND ALLOWING SPECIALIZED NAVIGATION PERSONNEL FROM DIFFERENT NASA CENTERS TO BE EASILY SHARED AMONG MISSIONS. AUTONOMOUS GNC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING OF BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY DERIVATION -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALCULATIONS AUTONAV FROM THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IMPLEMENTS THESE FUNCTIONS, AND COMPONENTS HAVE FLOWN ON DEEP SPACE 1 AND DEEP IMPACT. WITH AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO REENGINEER THE CODE, A NEW AUTONAV MARK 4 COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A COMMERCIALIZED PRODUCT MEETING NASA CLASS B SOFTWARE STANDARDS, THEREBY ENABLING ITS EASY INCLUSION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 SOURCE CODE IS TO BE DESIGNED AND TESTED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CPUS (E.G. SPARC, PPC, INTEL), REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS (VXWORKS, RTEMS), AND FLIGHT SOFTWARE CORES LIKE NASA CORE FLIGHT SYSTEM. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS AN4 TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE WIDEST-POSSIBLE SET OF ENVIRONMENTS: -WITHIN STRS-COMPATIBLE SPACE RADIOS (IRIS, UST) -IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE LOAD OF THE SPACECRAFT C & DH -IN A DEDICATED STAND-ALONE INSTRUMENT LIKE THE DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM AUTONAV MARK 4 PROVIDES HIGHLY CAPABLE AUTONOMOUS GNC WHILE SAVING MISSIONS MONEY POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 1500 CHARACTERS, APPROXIMATELY 150 WORDS) AUTONAV MARK 4 IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SPACE MISSION REQUIRING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) SBIR-17-2-S3.04-8513 | ABSTRACT - AUTONAV MARK 4: AUTONOMOUS NAVIG... HTTPS://EHB8.GSFC.NASA.GOV/SBIR/DOCS/PROTECTED/USERS/REV-SEL/FORMB?PROPO... 1 OF 2 2/16/2018 9:12 AM RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING: BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY CALC -MANEUVER CALC -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALC ALL MISSION PERFORM MANY OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, OFTEN USING GROUND-BASED PROCESSES THAT ARE SLOW AND EXPENSIVE. COMMERCIALIZED ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AS PROVIDED BY AUTONAV MARK 4 CAN BE TARGETED AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF LEO, GEO, AND INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS, LARGE AND SMALL. AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR LOW-THRUST MISSIONS (INCLUDING PSYCHE AND NEXT MARS ORBITER) WOULD ALLOW A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION COSTS BY MOVING THE BULK OF THESE ACTIVITIES ONBOARD. LONG MISSIONS LIKE THESE WOULD INCUR EVEN LARGER SAVINGS USING AN4 THAN MORE MODEST MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO JPL'S DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM. BY USING A COMMERCIALIZED AUTONAV, JPL WOULD AVOID MOST DEVELOPMENT COSTS, PROVIDING ONLY NEW ALGORITHMS FROM ITS NAVIGATION SECTION TO PLUG INTO THE AUTONAV MARK 4 ARCHITECTURE. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT COULD USE AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION IN THE EVENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, ALLOWING SAFE REENTRY THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITHOUT GROUND INTERACTION.
Other Administrative Action $0 6/4/21 P00003
THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSIONS IN DEEP SPACE, FROM DISCOVERY CLASS MISSIONS LIKE PSYCHE AND LUCY DOWN TO VERY SMALL SPACECRAFT LIKE LUNAR FLASHLIGHT, IS DRIVING THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZED, FLEXIBLE, FULL-FEATURED FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GNC). AUTONOMOUS GNC ALLOWS A SPACECRAFT TO PERFORM MOST OF ITS OWN NAVIGATION ACTIVITIES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR GROUND-BASED PERSONNEL AND DSN TIME, REDUCING COST AND REQUIRED DSN CONTACT TIME, SAVING MONEY, AND ALLOWING SPECIALIZED NAVIGATION PERSONNEL FROM DIFFERENT NASA CENTERS TO BE EASILY SHARED AMONG MISSIONS. AUTONOMOUS GNC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING OF BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY DERIVATION -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALCULATIONS AUTONAV FROM THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IMPLEMENTS THESE FUNCTIONS, AND COMPONENTS HAVE FLOWN ON DEEP SPACE 1 AND DEEP IMPACT. WITH AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO REENGINEER THE CODE, A NEW AUTONAV MARK 4 COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A COMMERCIALIZED PRODUCT MEETING NASA CLASS B SOFTWARE STANDARDS, THEREBY ENABLING ITS EASY INCLUSION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 SOURCE CODE IS TO BE DESIGNED AND TESTED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CPUS (E.G. SPARC, PPC, INTEL), REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS (VXWORKS, RTEMS), AND FLIGHT SOFTWARE CORES LIKE NASA CORE FLIGHT SYSTEM. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS AN4 TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE WIDEST-POSSIBLE SET OF ENVIRONMENTS: -WITHIN STRS-COMPATIBLE SPACE RADIOS (IRIS, UST) -IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE LOAD OF THE SPACECRAFT C & DH -IN A DEDICATED STAND-ALONE INSTRUMENT LIKE THE DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM AUTONAV MARK 4 PROVIDES HIGHLY CAPABLE AUTONOMOUS GNC WHILE SAVING MISSIONS MONEY POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 1500 CHARACTERS, APPROXIMATELY 150 WORDS) AUTONAV MARK 4 IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SPACE MISSION REQUIRING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) SBIR-17-2-S3.04-8513 | ABSTRACT - AUTONAV MARK 4: AUTONOMOUS NAVIG... HTTPS://EHB8.GSFC.NASA.GOV/SBIR/DOCS/PROTECTED/USERS/REV-SEL/FORMB?PROPO... 1 OF 2 2/16/2018 9:12 AM RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING: BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY CALC -MANEUVER CALC -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALC ALL MISSION PERFORM MANY OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, OFTEN USING GROUND-BASED PROCESSES THAT ARE SLOW AND EXPENSIVE. COMMERCIALIZED ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AS PROVIDED BY AUTONAV MARK 4 CAN BE TARGETED AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF LEO, GEO, AND INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS, LARGE AND SMALL. AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR LOW-THRUST MISSIONS (INCLUDING PSYCHE AND NEXT MARS ORBITER) WOULD ALLOW A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION COSTS BY MOVING THE BULK OF THESE ACTIVITIES ONBOARD. LONG MISSIONS LIKE THESE WOULD INCUR EVEN LARGER SAVINGS USING AN4 THAN MORE MODEST MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO JPL'S DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM. BY USING A COMMERCIALIZED AUTONAV, JPL WOULD AVOID MOST DEVELOPMENT COSTS, PROVIDING ONLY NEW ALGORITHMS FROM ITS NAVIGATION SECTION TO PLUG INTO THE AUTONAV MARK 4 ARCHITECTURE. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT COULD USE AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION IN THE EVENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, ALLOWING SAFE REENTRY THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITHOUT GROUND INTERACTION.
Other Administrative Action $0 4/21/20 P00002
THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSIONS IN DEEP SPACE, FROM DISCOVERY CLASS MISSIONS LIKE PSYCHE AND LUCY DOWN TO VERY SMALL SPACECRAFT LIKE LUNAR FLASHLIGHT, IS DRIVING THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZED, FLEXIBLE, FULL-FEATURED FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GNC). AUTONOMOUS GNC ALLOWS A SPACECRAFT TO PERFORM MOST OF ITS OWN NAVIGATION ACTIVITIES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR GROUND-BASED PERSONNEL AND DSN TIME, REDUCING COST AND REQUIRED DSN CONTACT TIME, SAVING MONEY, AND ALLOWING SPECIALIZED NAVIGATION PERSONNEL FROM DIFFERENT NASA CENTERS TO BE EASILY SHARED AMONG MISSIONS. AUTONOMOUS GNC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING OF BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY DERIVATION -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALCULATIONS AUTONAV FROM THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IMPLEMENTS THESE FUNCTIONS, AND COMPONENTS HAVE FLOWN ON DEEP SPACE 1 AND DEEP IMPACT. WITH AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO REENGINEER THE CODE, A NEW AUTONAV MARK 4 COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A COMMERCIALIZED PRODUCT MEETING NASA CLASS B SOFTWARE STANDARDS, THEREBY ENABLING ITS EASY INCLUSION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 SOURCE CODE IS TO BE DESIGNED AND TESTED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CPUS (E.G. SPARC, PPC, INTEL), REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS (VXWORKS, RTEMS), AND FLIGHT SOFTWARE CORES LIKE NASA CORE FLIGHT SYSTEM. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS AN4 TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE WIDEST-POSSIBLE SET OF ENVIRONMENTS: -WITHIN STRS-COMPATIBLE SPACE RADIOS (IRIS, UST) -IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE LOAD OF THE SPACECRAFT C & DH -IN A DEDICATED STAND-ALONE INSTRUMENT LIKE THE DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM AUTONAV MARK 4 PROVIDES HIGHLY CAPABLE AUTONOMOUS GNC WHILE SAVING MISSIONS MONEY POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 1500 CHARACTERS, APPROXIMATELY 150 WORDS) AUTONAV MARK 4 IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SPACE MISSION REQUIRING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) SBIR-17-2-S3.04-8513 | ABSTRACT - AUTONAV MARK 4: AUTONOMOUS NAVIG... HTTPS://EHB8.GSFC.NASA.GOV/SBIR/DOCS/PROTECTED/USERS/REV-SEL/FORMB?PROPO... 1 OF 2 2/16/2018 9:12 AM RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING: BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY CALC -MANEUVER CALC -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALC ALL MISSION PERFORM MANY OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, OFTEN USING GROUND-BASED PROCESSES THAT ARE SLOW AND EXPENSIVE. COMMERCIALIZED ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AS PROVIDED BY AUTONAV MARK 4 CAN BE TARGETED AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF LEO, GEO, AND INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS, LARGE AND SMALL. AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR LOW-THRUST MISSIONS (INCLUDING PSYCHE AND NEXT MARS ORBITER) WOULD ALLOW A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION COSTS BY MOVING THE BULK OF THESE ACTIVITIES ONBOARD. LONG MISSIONS LIKE THESE WOULD INCUR EVEN LARGER SAVINGS USING AN4 THAN MORE MODEST MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO JPL'S DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM. BY USING A COMMERCIALIZED AUTONAV, JPL WOULD AVOID MOST DEVELOPMENT COSTS, PROVIDING ONLY NEW ALGORITHMS FROM ITS NAVIGATION SECTION TO PLUG INTO THE AUTONAV MARK 4 ARCHITECTURE. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT COULD USE AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION IN THE EVENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, ALLOWING SAFE REENTRY THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITHOUT GROUND INTERACTION.
Other Administrative Action $0 6/3/18 P00001
THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSIONS IN DEEP SPACE, FROM DISCOVERY CLASS MISSIONS LIKE PSYCHE AND LUCY DOWN TO VERY SMALL SPACECRAFT LIKE LUNAR FLASHLIGHT, IS DRIVING THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZED, FLEXIBLE, FULL-FEATURED FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GNC). AUTONOMOUS GNC ALLOWS A SPACECRAFT TO PERFORM MOST OF ITS OWN NAVIGATION ACTIVITIES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR GROUND-BASED PERSONNEL AND DSN TIME, REDUCING COST AND REQUIRED DSN CONTACT TIME, SAVING MONEY, AND ALLOWING SPECIALIZED NAVIGATION PERSONNEL FROM DIFFERENT NASA CENTERS TO BE EASILY SHARED AMONG MISSIONS. AUTONOMOUS GNC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING OF BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY DERIVATION -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALCULATIONS AUTONAV FROM THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IMPLEMENTS THESE FUNCTIONS, AND COMPONENTS HAVE FLOWN ON DEEP SPACE 1 AND DEEP IMPACT. WITH AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO REENGINEER THE CODE, A NEW AUTONAV MARK 4 COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A COMMERCIALIZED PRODUCT MEETING NASA CLASS B SOFTWARE STANDARDS, THEREBY ENABLING ITS EASY INCLUSION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 SOURCE CODE IS TO BE DESIGNED AND TESTED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CPUS (E.G. SPARC, PPC, INTEL), REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS (VXWORKS, RTEMS), AND FLIGHT SOFTWARE CORES LIKE NASA CORE FLIGHT SYSTEM. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS AN4 TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE WIDEST-POSSIBLE SET OF ENVIRONMENTS: -WITHIN STRS-COMPATIBLE SPACE RADIOS (IRIS, UST) -IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE LOAD OF THE SPACECRAFT C & DH -IN A DEDICATED STAND-ALONE INSTRUMENT LIKE THE DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM AUTONAV MARK 4 PROVIDES HIGHLY CAPABLE AUTONOMOUS GNC WHILE SAVING MISSIONS MONEY POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 1500 CHARACTERS, APPROXIMATELY 150 WORDS) AUTONAV MARK 4 IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SPACE MISSION REQUIRING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) SBIR-17-2-S3.04-8513 | ABSTRACT - AUTONAV MARK 4: AUTONOMOUS NAVIG... HTTPS://EHB8.GSFC.NASA.GOV/SBIR/DOCS/PROTECTED/USERS/REV-SEL/FORMB?PROPO... 1 OF 2 2/16/2018 9:12 AM RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING: BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY CALC -MANEUVER CALC -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALC ALL MISSION PERFORM MANY OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, OFTEN USING GROUND-BASED PROCESSES THAT ARE SLOW AND EXPENSIVE. COMMERCIALIZED ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AS PROVIDED BY AUTONAV MARK 4 CAN BE TARGETED AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF LEO, GEO, AND INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS, LARGE AND SMALL. AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR LOW-THRUST MISSIONS (INCLUDING PSYCHE AND NEXT MARS ORBITER) WOULD ALLOW A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION COSTS BY MOVING THE BULK OF THESE ACTIVITIES ONBOARD. LONG MISSIONS LIKE THESE WOULD INCUR EVEN LARGER SAVINGS USING AN4 THAN MORE MODEST MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO JPL'S DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM. BY USING A COMMERCIALIZED AUTONAV, JPL WOULD AVOID MOST DEVELOPMENT COSTS, PROVIDING ONLY NEW ALGORITHMS FROM ITS NAVIGATION SECTION TO PLUG INTO THE AUTONAV MARK 4 ARCHITECTURE. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT COULD USE AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION IN THE EVENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, ALLOWING SAFE REENTRY THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITHOUT GROUND INTERACTION.
Other Administrative Action $0 5/1/18 Not listed
THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSIONS IN DEEP SPACE, FROM DISCOVERY CLASS MISSIONS LIKE PSYCHE AND LUCY DOWN TO VERY SMALL SPACECRAFT LIKE LUNAR FLASHLIGHT, IS DRIVING THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZED, FLEXIBLE, FULL-FEATURED FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL (GNC). AUTONOMOUS GNC ALLOWS A SPACECRAFT TO PERFORM MOST OF ITS OWN NAVIGATION ACTIVITIES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR GROUND-BASED PERSONNEL AND DSN TIME, REDUCING COST AND REQUIRED DSN CONTACT TIME, SAVING MONEY, AND ALLOWING SPECIALIZED NAVIGATION PERSONNEL FROM DIFFERENT NASA CENTERS TO BE EASILY SHARED AMONG MISSIONS. AUTONOMOUS GNC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING OF BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY DERIVATION -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALCULATIONS AUTONAV FROM THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IMPLEMENTS THESE FUNCTIONS, AND COMPONENTS HAVE FLOWN ON DEEP SPACE 1 AND DEEP IMPACT. WITH AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO REENGINEER THE CODE, A NEW AUTONAV MARK 4 COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A COMMERCIALIZED PRODUCT MEETING NASA CLASS B SOFTWARE STANDARDS, THEREBY ENABLING ITS EASY INCLUSION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 SOURCE CODE IS TO BE DESIGNED AND TESTED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CPUS (E.G. SPARC, PPC, INTEL), REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS (VXWORKS, RTEMS), AND FLIGHT SOFTWARE CORES LIKE NASA CORE FLIGHT SYSTEM. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS AN4 TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE WIDEST-POSSIBLE SET OF ENVIRONMENTS: -WITHIN STRS-COMPATIBLE SPACE RADIOS (IRIS, UST) -IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE LOAD OF THE SPACECRAFT C & DH -IN A DEDICATED STAND-ALONE INSTRUMENT LIKE THE DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM AUTONAV MARK 4 PROVIDES HIGHLY CAPABLE AUTONOMOUS GNC WHILE SAVING MISSIONS MONEY POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 1500 CHARACTERS, APPROXIMATELY 150 WORDS) AUTONAV MARK 4 IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SPACE MISSION REQUIRING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: -SPACECRAFT POSITIONING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE (HELIO, PLANET, SMALL-BODY) SBIR-17-2-S3.04-8513 | ABSTRACT - AUTONAV MARK 4: AUTONOMOUS NAVIG... HTTPS://EHB8.GSFC.NASA.GOV/SBIR/DOCS/PROTECTED/USERS/REV-SEL/FORMB?PROPO... 1 OF 2 2/16/2018 9:12 AM RELATIVE TO SMALL BODIES, OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR RENDEZVOUS -ORBIT DETERMINATION -TARGET TRACKING: BODIES, APERTURES, SPACECRAFT, GROUND-BASED ASSETS -TRAJECTORY CALC -MANEUVER CALC -LOW-THRUST MANEUVERING FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) -EPHEMERIS CALC ALL MISSION PERFORM MANY OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES, OFTEN USING GROUND-BASED PROCESSES THAT ARE SLOW AND EXPENSIVE. COMMERCIALIZED ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AS PROVIDED BY AUTONAV MARK 4 CAN BE TARGETED AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF LEO, GEO, AND INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS, LARGE AND SMALL. AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR LOW-THRUST MISSIONS (INCLUDING PSYCHE AND NEXT MARS ORBITER) WOULD ALLOW A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION COSTS BY MOVING THE BULK OF THESE ACTIVITIES ONBOARD. LONG MISSIONS LIKE THESE WOULD INCUR EVEN LARGER SAVINGS USING AN4 THAN MORE MODEST MISSIONS. AUTONAV MARK 4 IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO JPL'S DEEP SPACE POSITIONING SYSTEM. BY USING A COMMERCIALIZED AUTONAV, JPL WOULD AVOID MOST DEVELOPMENT COSTS, PROVIDING ONLY NEW ALGORITHMS FROM ITS NAVIGATION SECTION TO PLUG INTO THE AUTONAV MARK 4 ARCHITECTURE. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT COULD USE AUTONAV MARK 4 FOR NAVIGATION AND TRAJECTORY CALCULATION IN THE EVENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, ALLOWING SAFE REENTRY THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITHOUT GROUND INTERACTION.
Not listed $749.6k 4/19/18