FLIGHTLINUX

Computer software that extends and customizes the capabilities of a general purpose operating system (linux) for aerospace applications; This includes soft- and hard- real-time capabilities, radiation damage mitigation techniques, and specific aerospace communication protocols such as Spacewire and MIL-STD-1553; Computer application software for spacecraft functions such as attitude control, orbit maintenance, thermal control, energy management, telemetry and command functions, and data formatting and management