Constellation (platform)
Constellation was a volunteer computing project and was one of the junior research groups of the German Aerospace Society . Constellation was a platform for simulations and optimization tasks from aerospace technology .
| Constellation | |
|---|---|
| Target: | Solves technical problems in the aerospace industry |
| Country: | Germany |
| Platform: | BOINC |
| Website: | http://www.aerospaceresearch.net/constellation/ |
| Project status | |
| Status: | completed |
| Start: | April 12, 2011 |
| The End: | July 26, 2015 |
General
The platform was launched publicly on April 12, 2011 with the TrackJack application ( Java ), which carries out trajectory optimization (orbital path shapes). Further applications were being planned.
Constellation was supported by the DGLR and Rechenkraft.net e. V. supports.
In 2011, a hybrid rocket was optimized in flight altitude by another Stuttgart DGLR junior research group, HyEnD. Further sub-projects for the platform were sought through an “invitation codes against ideas” campaign among the volunteers.
On December 28, 2011, the project “Distributed Ground Station Network” for the Hackerspace Global Grid was presented at 28c3 , which was being worked on at Constellation and the Stuttgart Hackerspace shackspace .
On 21-22 In April 2012, Constellation and shackspace hosted NASA's International Space Applications Challenge, a global competition (even on the International Space Station and in Antarctica) to create apps to solve global challenges in Stuttgart. In addition, Constellation applied for the ESA Summer of Code in Space 2012. On October 27, 2012, Constellation will co-host the SpaceUp unconference in Stuttgart. The second application, TYCHO, was launched on April 12, 2013 for the two-year existence of the platform. Constellation was one of 177 open source organizations that participated in the Google Summer of Code (GSOC) in 2013 . At GSOC, students program for these organizations with financial support from Google .
Applications
- TrackJack (active) - an ascent track optimizer
- TYCHO (active) - a trajectory optimizer to the earth-moon libration points
- Solar System Grand Tour (planned) - route planning of a space probe to visit all eight planets of the solar system and Pluto . The goal is designed as an extension of NASA's Planetary Grand Tour and should become open source software as teamwork .
See also
- Columbia (supercomputer) , a former NASA mainframe computer
Web links
- Former website of the project ( Memento of July 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Constellation project on rechenkraft.net
- Constellation project at the BOINC team SETI.Germany
- Distributed Ground Station Network @ International Astronautical Congress 2013 Presentation at the IAC 2013 in Beijing ( YouTube )
- TYCHO mission to Earth-Moon libration point EML-4 @ IAC 2013 Presentation at the IAC 2013 in Beijing ( YouTube )
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.rechenkraft.net/wiki/Constellation_(beendet)
- ↑ Treknews: Constellation opens for Yuri's Night ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 15, 2011)
- ↑ a b Constellation - Introduction ( Memento from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 18, 2012)
- ↑ Rechenkraft.net Constellation: Best 20 sim ideas get invite code! (accessed on May 27, 2011)
- ↑ 28c3 Building a Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network - A Call To Arms (accessed December 30, 2011)
- ↑ YouTube video about the presentation of Building a Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network - A Call To Arms (accessed December 30, 2011)
- ↑ Distributed Ground Station Network - A Global System For Tracking And Communication With Small Satellites As An Open Service , Paper from IAC 2013 in Beijing on SlideShare (accessed November 3, 2013)
- ↑ Heise online The hacking dates in April (accessed April 8, 2012)
- ^ Andreas Hornig: NASA's International Space Apps Challenge - space projects for everyone in Stuttgart . In: Aerospace ( DGLR ) . No. 4, pp. 53-54.
- ↑ Aerospaceresearch.net The 2012 ESA Summer of Code In Space (SOCIS) starts! ( Memento of May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 16, 2012)
- ↑ SpaceUp Stuttgart (accessed October 4, 2012)
- ↑ Google-Melange page on GSOC ( Memento from April 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 18, 2012)
- ↑ New app "TYCHO" for vibration point mission is Go! Space Race can start! ( Memento of April 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 11, 2013)
- ↑ Solar System Grand Tour ( Memento from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 18, 2012)