Red Canyon Software

Capabilities

• Software Engineering [read more] [hide]
  • Real Time Flight Software [missions] [read more] [hide]
    Red Canyon Software has written flight software for 12 interplanetary spacecraft. Some examples include the telecom software for Mars Phoenix, memory management for MRO, Orbit Propagation and Determination for Deep Impact among others. Current missions include JUNO and GRAIL.
    - Avionics
    - Embedded
    - Payload/Instrument
    - Attitude, Determination & Control
    - Guidance, Navigation & Control
    - Device Drivers
    - Memory Management
    - Telemetry
    - Telecom
    - Uplink/Downlink
    - High Gain Antenna AZ/EL Determination
    - High Gain Antenna Step Motor Logic
    - SIRU (Inertial Reference Unit) Load Code
    - Reaction Wheel
    - Orbit Propagation & Determination
  • Simulation Software [missions] [read more] [hide]
    RC wrote the MarsFlight Simulator for NASA Glenn and helped Ball Aerospace with the Dynamic Space Simulator which simulated the space environment for Deep Impact. We are currently working on the LunarSIM simulator for NASA Glenn Research Center and the JUNO simulation for Lockheed Martin.
    - Spacecraft
    - Flight
    - Space Environment
    - Dynamic Space Simulator (DSS)
  • Mission [read more] [hide]
    RC has experience writing software to allocate and schedule satellite resources.
  • Test [missions] [read more] [hide]
    Red Canyon does independent verification and validation of software for our clients. We have done this for all of the interplanetary flight programs.
    - IV&V
    - CSU/CSC/CSCI
    - Functional
    - Fault Protection
    - System
    - Mission
    - Test Plan Development
    - Test Procedure Development
    - Simulator Development
  • Integration [missions] [read more] [hide]
    RC has been the lead spacecraft software integrator on several interplanetary spacecraft.
    - Software
    - Hardware
    - Spacecraft
  • Languages [missions] [read more] [hide]
    C
    C++
    Java
    XML
    SQL
    Python
  • Operating Systems [missions] [read more] [hide]
    - VxWorks
    - Unix (All Flavors)
    - Linux
    - Windows
    - Macintosh
  • Tools [missions] [read more] [hide]
    - Tornado
    - Rhapsody
    - UML
    - Rational
    - CodeTest
    - CodeCoverage
• Electrical Engineering [read more] [hide]
  • PCB Design & Layout
  • Electrical Systems [missions]
  • Communication Interfaces
  • Embedded Systems [missions]
  • Electrical Protyping
  • Text Fixtures
  • FPGA Design [missions] [read more] [hide]
    - Altera/Xilinx
  • Power Data Unit (PDU) Design [missions] [read more] [hide]
    - Test & Verification
  • Command & Data Handling (C&DH) Design [missions]
  • Verilog Design
  • Ground Functional Test Set Design [missions]
  • Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) Design [missions]
• Systems Engineering [read more] [hide]
  • Concept Development [missions]
  • Master Plan / Schedule Development [missions]
  • Functional & Operational Analysis [missions]
  • Requirements Analysis & Definition [missions]
  • Test Definition & Planning [missions]
  • Preliminary & Detailed Design Oversight
  • Systems Integration
  • Test Development [missions]
  • Verification & Validation [missions]
  • Certification Plans
  • Training & Operations [missions]
  • Tools [missions] [read more] [hide]
    - Doors, Cradle
• Mechanical Engineering [read more] [hide]
  • Solid Modeling [missions]
  • Rapid Prototyping [missions]
  • Ergonomic Design
  • Human Factors Analysis
  • Strength Analysis
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analsyis
  • Finite Element Analysis [missions]
  • Loads Analysis
  • Environmental Stress Testing
  • Mechanical Design and Analysis [missions] [read more] [hide]
    - 2-D Mechanical Drawings
    - 3-D Models for Interference Detection and Tooling
    - Chassis Design
    - Design of fixtures/Tooling
  • Structural/Thermal Analysis [missions]
  • New Composite Analysis
• Research & Development [read more] [hide]
  • Plug n Play Spacecraft Technology [missions]
• Space Operations [read more] [hide]
  • Health and Safety assessement of spacecraft [missions]
  • Comannd and Control of spacecraft [missions]
  • Telemetry analysis [missions]
  • Training and Operations Support [missions]
  • Testing and V&V of Spacecraft Commands [missions]