USING ORACOL FOR PREDICTING LONG-TERM TELEMETRY BEHAVIOR FOR EARTH AND LUNAR ORBITING AND INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT

摘要

Providing normal telemetry behavior predictions prior to and post launch will help to stop surprise catastrophic satellite and spacecraft equipment failures. In-orbit spacecraft fail from surprise equipment failures that can result from not having normal telemetry behavior available for comparison with actual behavior catching satellite engineers by surprise. Some surprise equipment failures lead to the total loss of the satellite or spacecraft. Some recovery actions from a surprise equipment failure increase spacecraft risk and involve decisions requiring a level of experience far beyond the responsible engineers.