Patent — available for licensing
SpaceCube 3.0 Mini Processor Card
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
SpaceCube 3.0 is a family of high-performance reconfigurable systems designed for spaceflight applications requiring on-board processing. Many proposed missions require next-generation, on-board processing capabilities to meet specified mission goals. Advanced laser altimeter, radar, lidar, and hyperspectral instruments are proposed for many upcoming missions, and all of these instrument systems will require advanced onboard processing capabilities to facilitate the timely conversion of science data into science information and data products. Both an order of magnitude increase in processing power and the ability to reconfigure on-the-fly are required to implement algorithms that detect and react to events, produce data products on-board for applications, enable sensor web multi-platform collaboration, and perform on-board lossless data reduction. The SpaceCube 3.0 Mini Processor Card is designed for the processing needs of emerging science missions.