The FLP Platform Operability

This chapter provides the basic overview on how an FLP-based spacecraft is operated. It explains the basic system modes and commanded transitions as well as fallback transitions. It explains the table-driven specification of mode-transitions. And it finally details all the command/control services which the platform provides—both standard PUS services, according to ECSS as well as defined private services. Command addressing and telemetry source definition via Virtual Channels and APIDs are also addressed.