GREENBELT, MD (October 18, 2018) – Orbit Logic announced today that NASA has selected Orbit Logic’s STK Scheduler software for the Restore-L technology demonstration mission. During its mission, the Restore-L spacecraft will demonstrate the technologies required to rendezvous with, grasp, refuel and relocate a governmentowned satellite.
Restore-L chose an Orbit Logic solution because STK Scheduler’s timing and event constraint checking, along with its auto-sequencing features, will provide NASA with an adaptable, invaluable tool to perform Restore-L’s highly complex mission timeline and sequencing.
Restore-L ground demonstration robots Credits: NASA Goddard/Rebecca Roth
Restore-L is a technology demonstration mission planned by NASA for the in-orbit servicing and refueling of a satellite not designed to be serviced. The project is currently in formulation and planned for launch in 2022. Given that Restore-L is both complex in its rendezvous and servicing tasks, and is being executed in low-Earth orbit, schedule visibility for radio frequency (RF) communications is critical to mission success. Strict rulesets and mission constraints, coupled with RF communications, must be cross-referenced for specific servicing tasks and approach sequences. STK Scheduler supports the configuration and implementation of all Restore-L scheduling constraints out-of-the-box, allowing for quick initial deployment, testing, and use in prelaunch planning, simulations, and on-orbit mission execution at a fraction of the cost of custom software development.
About Orbit Logic
Orbit Logic ( www.orbitlogic.com) specializes in mission planning and scheduling solutions for aerospace and geospatial intelligence. Orbit Logic's operationally proven COTS products create better plans faster with fewer resources for all mission phases. Orbit Logic services are available to configure, customize, and integrate Orbit Logic’s mobile, web-based, desktop, and flight software applications to provide turn-key operational solutions that leverage the latest available technologies to meet customer goals and exceed their expectations.
About Restore-L
NASA’s Restore-L project is an ambitious, technology-rich endeavor to launch a robotic spacecraft to refuel a live satellite. Restore-L, named to highlight how robotic servicing capabilities can return a satellite to its original proficiency, is a spacecraft equipped with the tools, technologies and techniques needed to extend satellites' lifespans -- even those not originally designed to be serviced in orbit. The technology demonstration mission -- the first of its kind in low-Earth orbit -- will demonstrate a carefully curated suite of satellite servicing technologies. These in-orbit solutions for autonomous satellite rendezvous and grasping, with telerobotic-enabled refueling and satellite repositioning, could make spaceflight more sustainable, affordable and resilient.
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