Reliability Testing of the Fault-Tolerant Spacecraft Computer.

Abstract

The Fault-Tolerant Spacecraft Computer (FTSC) is intended to furnish highly reliable computational capability for long-duration space missions (typically five years). Reliability testing or demonstration of such a computer by classical methods are completely impractical because they would require a large equipment population and long test time. Therefore, a test approach is recommended in which each of the individual requirements for establishing reliability can be carried out under projected brassboard and prototype efforts without exceeding reasonable resource and schedule constraints. The test phases so identified are as follows: Module reliability test; Error-detection or coverage test; Recovery test; System level test.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002828

Entities

People

  • H. Hecht

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Demonstrations
  • Detection
  • Missions
  • Prototypes
  • Recovery
  • Reliability
  • Space Missions
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites