High-performance payload data handling system for Gaia

J. Portell, X. Luri, E. Garcia-Berro
2006 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems  
Gaia is the most ambitious space astrometry mission currently envisaged and it will be a technological challenge in all its aspects. We describe a proposal for the payload data handling system of Gaia, as an example of a high-performance, real-time, concurrent, and pipelined data system. This proposal includes the front-end systems for the instrumentation, the data acquisition and management modules, the star data processing modules, and the payload data handling unit. We also review other
more » ... ad and service module elements and we illustrate a data flux proposal.
doi:10.1109/taes.2006.1642561 fatcat:725ns346srgcfe3abcpo7d63wy