A method for on-orbit maintenance of star sensors

Abstract

A method for on-orbit maintenance of a star sensor, including maintenance of the application program in the program memory on the star sensor based on E2PROM and maintenance of the application program in the program memory on the star sensor based on SRAM, the application program is decomposed according to the function and divided into several Function modules, number all function modules, and each function module corresponds to an independent on-orbit maintenance module in the idle E2PROM or SRAM space. When the application program runs the function module, it completes the enabling and operation of the maintenance function according to the status of the on-orbit maintenance module. . The present invention designs a general on-orbit maintenance method for different hardware program memories, configures a corresponding on-orbit maintenance area for each functional area, and directly injects into the maintenance area on-orbit without modifying the original program, and the on-orbit injection program design is fast and simple. High reliability.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an on-orbit maintenance method for a star sensor, which can realize the modification of the star sensor software on the star to improve the reliability of the software, solve the on-orbit fault of the star sensor, and perfect and improve the design of the whole machine. Background technique [0002] The star sensor takes the star as the measurement target and provides high-precision attitude measurement data for the satellite. It is one of the most important and basic stand-alone products in satellite control. In recent years, during the development process of star sensor products and on-orbit flight tests, some software-related problems have occurred and been discovered, some of which are caused by certain deficiencies in the software itself, which sometimes cause the functions and performance of star sensors to fail to meet mission requirements. , part of the problems that belong to the hardware need to be made up by the soft...

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[0007] The implementation of the above two on-orbit maintenance methods requires modification of the original program code, and the risk is relatively high. If an error occurs in the data channel during the injection process or the injection program itself is implemented incorrectly, it will have a great impact on the original program or even fail. normal work

The algorithm design of the star sensor will also be improved based on the analysis of on-orbit data. There are many on-orbit test items. Since each program injection process is a new operation, it cannot be restored to the original state once it starts, which is not conducive to the improvement of software design. Compare and verify

At the same time, since the modification of the program memory is involved, the above method is only applicable to E 2 For the star sensor with PROM type program memory, if all the software is solidified in the PROM for high hardware reliability during the design of the star sensor product, you cannot directly modify the E 2 PROM or SRAM achieves the purpose of on-orbit maintenance, which greatly limits its use conditions

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