Research/ SPACE AI & AUTONOMY
Onboard Autonomy and Ground Operations Automation for the Intelligent Payload Experiment (IPEX) CubeSat Mission
Steve Chien, Joshua R. Doubleday, Kevin Ortega, Daniel Tran, John M. Bellardo, Austin Williams, Jordi Piug-Suari, Gary Crum, Thomas Flatley
Autonomy, Task Planning & OperationsOpenAlex keyword: onboard autonomy · Design, Mechanisms & HardwareNTRS subject: Spacecraft Instrumentation and Astrionics
OpenAlexSpacecraft Design and Technology · Space Technology and Applications · Planetary Science and ExplorationNTRSSpacecraft Instrumentation and Astrionics
The Intelligent Payload Experiment (IPEX) is a cubesat manifested for launch in October 2013 that will flight validate autonomous operations for onboard instrument processing and product generation for the Intelligent Payload Module (IPM) of the Hyperspectral Infra-red Imager (HyspIRI) mission concept. We first describe the ground and flight operations concept for HyspIRI IPM operations. We then describe the ground and flight operations concept for the IPEX mission and how that will validate HyspIRI IPM operations. We then detail the current status of the mission and outline the schedule for future development.