Scientific Systems Company, Inc (SSCI) Conducts First Publicized Demonstrations of Dockerized Space Mission Software on Orbiting Satellite
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Pushing this capability on-orbit provides a major toolchain improvement for the deployment of space-based edge-processing apps, which are central to SSCI's AI-enabled mission management software.
Key Points:
- Pushing this capability on-orbit provides a major toolchain improvement for the deployment of space-based edge-processing apps, which are central to SSCI's AI-enabled mission management software.
- This is the first publicized instance of Docker containers deployed to and running on an orbiting satellite.
- SSCI demos the first publicized instance of Docker containers deployed to and running on an orbiting satellite.
- Transition to a Docker environment on-orbit is an enabling step in performing demonstrations of on-orbit 3rd-party fusion software apps in the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA).