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Completed TRL 6 (started at 4, targeting 6)
Astrobotic developed a software-defined reliability system (A-SDR) for high performance, high reliability computing. A-SDR uniquely allows high-throughput processing to be integrated with real-time control systems while ensuring correctness under radiation induced single event effects. The objective of this task was to leverage NASA's expertise in redundant computing, real-time systems, and radiation tolerant electronics to mature Astrobotic's software proof of concept into a product-ready TRL 6 system and design a preliminary reference hardware design. Astrobotic invested in this technology development to utilize its software expertise and experience in space computing selection to produce a product that is appropriately positioned at the nexus of capability, reliability, ease of use, and price.
This product, which is critical to the company's own ambitions, will enable spacecraft to perform more autonomous in-space activities. A successful program will allow Astrobotic to capture a large percentage of the growing spaceflight computation market, which is projected to be worth $1.1B by 2020. This capability also has broad applicability to future NASA and OGA spaceflight and terrestrial applications as the autonomy and computing needs of manned and unmanned vehicles grows. With Core Flight Executive integration, NASA developers will be able to rapidly deploy both general purpose and mission specific flight software to COTS hardware in a reliable manner. The scalability of A-SDR also enables robust processing for cubesats and small satellites to minimize end-user software complexity, maximize onboard computing performance, minimize downlink bandwidth.
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