Speaker
Description
Airbus is one of the first players to introduce commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components into its mass storage portfolio, such as non-volatile Flash memories, now widely used in many space products.
This choice was motivated by a growing demand for on-board data storage, which could not be met by available space-grade components.
The second generation of Airbus Flash mass memories is already operating in orbit and offers state-of-the-art performance in terms of memory capacity, data-rates, image compression and security.
With two operational satellites already in orbit, the very high resolution 30cm Pléiades Neo constellation of Airbus, exploits the CORECI2 mass memory with great success.
Markets are even more demanding for the next generation of Earth observation satellites that will be flying at the end of this decade.
With the evolution of performance and resolution of instruments requiring a considerable increase in data for storage and processing, the next generation of mass memories will embed a package of new technical solutions.
This presentation will first present the specificities and challenges of mass memories designed for Earth Observation, it will also refer to the state of the art of the generation flying on Pléiades Neo.
In a second step, some perspectives for the next generation of mass memories will be presented, in particular the expectations in terms of performance and associated technologies.
Finally, an overview of the Airbus Mass Memory roadmap will be presented.
