ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT Space applications have special requirements due to the particular environment into which they are deployed. Space is a particularly harsh environment for electronic components, because it poses several threats to normal functioning and lifetime duration of electronics deployed in spacecraft. In this chapter, we offer an overview of the problems introduced by radiation and of the solutions developed so far. Then, we present a case study in which several such solutions have been implemented in a space-worthy system. We present the architecture proposed in [30], which was developed in the framework of the ESA HiRel Programme and has been selected as part of the third-generation Meteosat to be launched in 2018. The system described so far was validated by means of fault injection campaigns. A software-based fault injection system was used. Results gathered

CONTENTS

1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................4 1.2 Background .....................................................................................................5