TXMission Discusses what Software Defined means for Smallsats

TXMission Discusses what Software Defined means for Smallsats

December 4, 2019

TXMission has released a white paper, titled Smallsats with Personality, that looks at the benefits of a software defined approach to all things smallsat.

To date, every smallsat has been designed for a specific purpose, such as capturing pictures of the earth or carrying out a scientific experiment. This inflexible, siloed approach involves reinventing the wheel for every mission. The massive diversification we see in user applications, where every New Space start-up has a different vision and business model, challenges us to rethink things. In an increasingly software defined world, the smallsat user application itself is set to take center stage. Personalizing smallsats will become similar to how we personalize our phones, allowing us to run any application we want at any time. Learning from the mobile app and IT industries,the white paper describes how to give smallsats bags of personality.

The white paper can be found here.