On-Board Controller
The On-Board Controller (OBC) system is tasked to maintain the overall control of the operation in the satellite. This system is also known as the main on-board computer.
The OBC monitors the other subsystems, maintaining the operational integrity and executes commands received from the ground station. The OBC will respond in the event that one of the subsystems does not respond to requests or deviates from normal operation. A typical action will be to initiate a hard reset (i.e. cycle power) on the affected system.
The integrity of this critical system is maintained by implementation of a Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) scheme. The principle of TMR is to perform an operation or calculation in three parallel processes and compare them, performing a majority vote before executing a task.
The annual ANSAT workshop was held at the Andoya Rocket Range (ARR) from 19-20. june.
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) held a cubesat seminar to introduce the work being performed on their student satellite project NUTS. Three CubeSTAR students attended the seminar to learn about the NUTS and exchange information and experience with the other students.
In late January, five students from the University of Oslo attended the 1st IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and Cubesat Workshop held in Rome.