Project description Virtueller Satellit
For the successful realisation of a space mission it is necessary to optimise the competing criteria for a spacecraft. In particular, the interaction between the single technical disciplines, as for example propulsion systems, electric systems, thermal systems, power supply etc., has to be taken into consideration. It is essential for this optimisation to verify the safe and successful operation of the spacecraft to achieve the mission target by the application of simulations. These simulations are refined project-accompanying on and on; from a model for a feasibility study, about a model for the interpretation of the system components up to a model for the verification of the on-board software and the training of the operating team.In the project "Virtueller Satellit" a platform should be created for this purpose to execute the simulations of the professional disciplines project-accompanying in one single consistent model of the spacecraft. The simulations, required in the development phases of a space project, are as much as possible generated from this model and further simulation blocks which are saved in a model data base. The model data base will establish a knowledge pool for the simulation of spacecrafts which will support the planning and preparation of future space missions.
Project partner
DLR: Optical Information Systems
Project runtime
1/1/2007 - 12/31/2009