Spacecraft Software Verification and Configuration Control: Trusting Code in Orbit

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Spacecraft software is easy to underestimate because it rarely appears in the mission poster. The satellite may be described by its payload, orbit, antenna, solar arrays, or launch vehicle. Yet the mission’s behavior passes through code. Commands are checked by software. Telemetry is organized by software. Payload activities are scheduled by software. Fault responses are triggered by software. Updates, timers, memory, logs, modes, and autonomy all depend on software that has to behave far from the people who wrote it.

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Spacecraft Software Verification and Configuration Control: Trusting Code in Orbit