ABSTRACT |
The NASA Engineering (NE) Directorate at Kennedy Space Center provides engineering services to major programs such as: Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and the Launch Services Program (LSP). The Avionics Division within NE, provides avionics and flight control systems engineering support to LSP. The Launch Services Program is responsible for procuring safe and reliable services for transporting critical, one of a kind, NASA payloads into orbit. As a result, engineers must monitor critical flight events during countdown and launch to assess anomalous behavior or any unexpected occurrence. The goal of this project is to take a tailored Systems Engineering approach to design, develop, and test Iris telemetry displays. The Flight Avionics Sequencing Telemetry Delta-IV (FAST-D4) displays will provide NASA with an improved flight event monitoring tool to evaluate launch vehicle health and performance during system-level ground testing and flight. Flight events monitored will include data from the Redundant Inertial Flight Control Assembly (RIFCA) flight computer and launch vehicle command feedback data. When a flight event occurs, the flight event is illuminated on the display. This will enable NASA Engineers to monitor critical flight events on the day of launch. Completion of this project requires rudimentary knowledge of launch vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) systems, telemetry, and console operation. Work locations for the project include the engineering office, NASA telemetry laboratory, and Delta launch sites. |