Patent — available for licensing
SpaceCube Mini Solid State Data Recorder (SSDR)
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
Upcoming SmallSat missions at NASA and in the commercial space sector require highly performant, miniaturized, and radiation tolerant components. One need is for data recorders capable of storing large quantities of data generated by advanced sensors for extended durations. Commercially available SmallSat form factor data recorders generally either have poor reliability in high radiation environments or do not provide the high-speed read/write data rates necessary for high-performance detectors and sensors. This limits data collection ability, which also limits the ability to perform on-board processing. To meet data recording needs for SmallSat missions in harsh radiation orbits and environments (e.g., GEO, polar, lunar, etc.) innovators at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have developed a radiation tolerant single-board solid-state data recorder (SSDR) card. This miniaturized (3.5” x 3.5”) card is configured for use in a 1U CubeSat payload form factor multi-purpose architecture, enabling high density data storage and on-board processing for a variety of data-intensive SmallSat missions.