Flight Software Systems Branch/Code 582

Technologies and Products

Technical Expertise

Through previous projects, or under internal R&D, HQ or other funding, Code 582 has developed expertise and products in technology areas such as the following:

• High Performance/Reconfigurable Onboard Processing
• Plug-and-play software data systems
• Resource constrained processing platforms
• Modeling & simulation

Current Technologies & Products

• Core Flight System (cFS)
  • Platform and project independent reusable software framework for onboard/embedded systems and a set of reusable software applications.
  • cFS is used by dozens of NASA projects across 7 NASA centers and the NASA mission directorate portfolio including SMD, SOMD, STMD as well as DoD and internationally.   Current GSFC mission applications include RST/WFI, PACE/OCI, CCRS, autoNGC, GEDI, GPM, MMS, NavCube, LRO, and NICER.
• Cubesat Support
  • Adapting and porting flight software products to operate on resource constrained platforms.
  • Current mission support is provided to Dellinger
• Delay Tolerant Network (DTN)
  • cFS applications to implement DTN protocols.
• Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)
  • Developing advanced modem flight software for high speed laser-based communications.
• Micro Flight Executive (µFE) Software
  • Develop a component-based and layered middleware for resource constrained processor environments.