• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.54-59
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• 2014

This paper cites about a test & analysis support set to support a testing and analysis of CFDP(CCSDS File Delivery Protocol) that processes commands and data as a series of file for reliable deep space communication. And this paper includes a basic description of CFDP and an objective and functions of CFDP-TASS(CFDP - Test Analysis & Support Set). CFDP-TASS is an equipment to examine OBC(On-Board Computer) CFDP in normal and abnormal cases, gather all packets in test, and support to analyze effectively the result of tests.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.91-98
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• 2013

Computing environment of space explorer including LEO (Low Earth Orbit), GEO (Geosynchronous Earth Orbit) satellite may be considered as the same category of embedded system on the ground. But with comparison with personal computing environment it is widely accepted that the space computing is outdated and behind of state of the art. Especially file system which is nearly essential item in all ground computing environment including personal computer, workstation and server is rarely used in space explorer till lately. In this paper, a study of ESA PUS (Packet Utilization Standard) and CCSDS (Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems) community's activity, international trend, and applicable technical application for applying file system in oder to use these standards for utilizing the file system to deep space explorer is described.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.120-128
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• 2014

Adventure of human race for space exploration is toward outer region of solar system. Recently the main targets of space explorations are becoming mainly the Mars, Venus and asteroids instead of the Moon which was the popular place human wants to explore. There are several technical challenges as spacecraft goes far and far away from the Earth, and among them communication protocol is one of the most challenging problems. In this paper, several international technical trends regarding deep space communication protocol technologies in an aspect of software implementation is presented. It is expected that these references are helpful for the development of the lunar orbiter pathfinder which is planned to be launched in 2017.