VirtualSat Pro: Virtual Satellite Platform the Hammers Company, Inc. Greenbelt MD

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VirtualSat Pro Virtual Satellite Platformthe
Hammers Company, Inc.Greenbelt MD
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• INNOVATION
• VirtualSat Pro?, a satellite flight simulation
  tool hosted on a desktop PC for flight software
  development and test, spacecraft IT and flight
  ops training.
• Selectable ACS components and spacecraft
  dynamics.
• Executes flight software and provides a mechanism
  for multiple satellite interactions on a single
  PC platform.

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Reduces the cost and schedule risk for flight
  software development, testing and training with
  spacecraft flight software. A PC platform with
  COTS components provides a cost effective system
  for various subsystems throughout all life
  cycles.
• Created modular spacecraft models (vModels),
  constructed by specifying collection of model
  components.
• Developed library of common interfacing sensors,
  actuators, etc.
• Created open architecture, so developers can
  develop new models instead of using standard
  library.
• Demonstrated ability to interface with 3rd party
  COTS systems (STK, SatTrack, etc.) and several
  ground systems (e.g., ITOS and ASSIST).
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• Incorporated in flatsat development environment
  of SMEX-Lite, joint commercialization initiative
  with Swales Aerospace.
• Corporate counsel retained for conduct of ITAR,
  TAA, and export licenses.

• GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• Tool has been used successfully in numerous
  projects
• GSFC SWIFT BAT instrument flight software
  development verification. Three VirtualSat
  systems purchased, 100K, for SWIFT BAT support.
• EO-1 software maintenance.
• GSFC Formation Flying Testbed.
• Naval Research Laboratory NEMO software
  development.
• GSFC MARSSAT algorithm development.

Goddard Space Flight Center
Points of Contact NASA John Bristow (301)
286-3647 the Hammers Company -Stephan Hammers
[phone]
1998 Phase II, SS5-071