FDS
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FDS is the onboard computer system on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft responsible for managing instruments and formatting data for transmission back to Earth.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flight data system
ⓘ
onboard computer system ⓘ spacecraft subsystem ⓘ |
| architecture | custom 18-bit word length design ⓘ |
| associatedWithBody |
interstellar medium studies
ⓘ
outer planets exploration ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Voyager 1 interstellar space entry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicatesVia | Voyager 1 telecommunications subsystem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationPartner | NASA Deep Space Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls |
Voyager 1 science instruments data acquisition
ⓘ
engineering telemetry formatting ⓘ |
| currentDistanceContext | operates at tens of billions of kilometers from Earth ⓘ |
| dataOutput |
science data packets
ⓘ
telemetry frames ⓘ |
| dataRateConstraint | very low bit rates due to distance from Earth ⓘ |
| designedFor | long-duration deep space operations ⓘ |
| designLifetime | meant for a few years of planetary flybys ⓘ |
| developedBy | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s spaceflight computers ⓘ |
| fullName | Flight Data System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance | critical for returning science and engineering data from Voyager 1 ⓘ |
| launchDateAssociation | 1977-09-05 ⓘ |
| launchVehicleAssociation | Voyager 1 launch on Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ |
| location | Voyager 1 spacecraft bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memoryType | magnetic core memory ⓘ |
| mission | Voyager program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionPhaseUsage |
Jupiter flyby
ⓘ
Saturn flyby ⓘ cruise to interstellar space ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Voyager 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | Voyager 1 radioisotope thermoelectric generators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
control data flow to the telecommunications system
ⓘ
execute command sequences ⓘ format data for transmission to Earth ⓘ manage scientific instruments ⓘ store spacecraft data ⓘ time-tag spacecraft events ⓘ |
| receivesCommandsFrom | Voyager 1 command computer subsystem ⓘ |
| reliabilityRecord | operational for decades beyond design life ⓘ |
| roleInMission |
support interstellar mission operations
ⓘ
support planetary flyby observations ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Voyager 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusAsOf2024 | aging and intermittently functional ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Voyager 1 spacecraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Voyager 2 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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