Software for Satellites Hack Chat

Join us Wednesday, July 12 at Noon Pacific for the Software for Space Hack Chat with Jacob Killelea!

In space, everything is more difficult. Hardware must be built to withstand not only the most severe temperature and radiation regimes possible, but also the rigors of launch. Power is everything, things that are meant to stay cold get too hot, and things you want to keep warm freeze solidly. It seems that whatever you "send upstairs" has to be overengineered compared to what stays way down in gravity.

But what about software? Yes, it also requires special engineering – after all, one small mistake, one undetected exception, and millions, if not billions, of beautifully designed space hardware could become as useful as a brick. Jacob Killelea is an aerospace engineer who has been around a number of space issues, and he has worked on a number of space software projects, including a pulsed laser system with the potential for lunar orbital communications. He knows what it takes to write software that powers space hardware, and we're glad he's logging on to chat to talk about it.

Our Hack Chats are live community events in Hackaday.io Hack Chat group messaging. This week we will meet on Wednesday, July 12 at 12:00 p.m. PT. If you're busy with time zones, we have a handy time zone converter.

[Banner image: NASA GPM satellite.]