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Model-driven engineering for low-code ground support equipment configuration and automatic test procedures definition

Carrasco, Alberto; Martínez, Agustín; Sánchez, Sebastián +4 more

Space domain systems must go through different types of ground testing. For system-level black-box functional testing, ground support equipment is built ad hoc, customized for each different mission. Building any of this specific equipment involves considerable engineering effort that can be diluted using techniques that allow reusing configuratio…

Solar Orbiter fine pointing Mode improvement in flight: Challenges and achievements

Cantiello, Ilario; Chapman, Patrick; Monroig, Guillaume +2 more

ESA Solar Orbiter was launched from Cape Canaveral in collaboration with NASA on the February 10, 2020 to start its journey around the Sun, with the commissioning phase ending in April 2020. After commissioning, ESA set a tighter pointing requirement goal to further improve the performance in Fine Pointing Mode, in preparation of the upcoming star…