Embedded Logging Framework For Spacecrafts

Abstract

During the different development phases of a spacecraft there exist various kind of information worlds, which often hold the same kind of content. In this paper we present an approach that can be seen as a first step to combine these worlds. An embedded software framework is introduced, which takes over the functionality of the internal debugging features of the system on the one hand, and on the other hand is a possible candidate for substituting the system’s telemetry application, which is responsible for sending spacecraft status information to the ground station. Taking a minimal implementation of the framework, it’s advantages by using it in the context of a satellite’s console-based debug statements mainly needed for integration and testing purposes are shown in a practical use case.