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@steeph @blacklight I make satellite control centers for a living, and in my company there is a division fully devoted to onboard software, so I’m exposed to that as well. There is this concept of autonomy by which space vehicles need to be fully resilient to ground and or communications mishaps. In case you are interested I recommend this book amzn.eu/d/grBBm12

30 Jul 2023 at 16:46 | Wall-to-wall | Open on astrodon.social
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Sotolf

@ApuntesCiencia @steeph @blacklight

I'm curious what language are you using to write onboard software now a days?

31 Jul 2023 at 8:25 | Open on social.linux.pizza
Apuntes de ciencia

@sotolf @steeph @blacklight There has been a transition from Ada to secured versions of C (without dynamic memory, limited use of pointers…). Our flight dynamics core is in Fortran. Ground control uses C++ and Java with a fair amount of scripting in dynamic languages (mostly Python). Web UIs use JavaScript

31 Jul 2023 at 8:57 | Open on astrodon.social
Sotolf

@ApuntesCiencia @steeph @blacklight

Ah, interesting :) that's cool to hear :) kind of sad to see Ada go, but I mean, it's not the most popular language now adays :)

31 Jul 2023 at 8:58 | Open on social.linux.pizza
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