SATELLITE FLIGHT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MASTERY - Expanded Project Guides

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This folder contains deep-dive guides for each project in the learning path.

Overview

These guides expand each project into a full learning guide with theory, architecture, implementation phases, testing, and extensions.

#	Project	Difficulty	Time	Key Focus
1	The Space Packet Parser (CCSDS Protocol)	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	CCSDS primary header, stream framing
2	The Flight State Machine (The Life Cycle)	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	Mode logic, hysteresis, command gating
3	EPS Power Budget Simulator (Energy Management)	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	Power balance, eclipse modeling
4	SGP4 Orbit Propagator (Finding Your Place)	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	TLE parsing, SGP4 propagation
5	The Attitude Estimator (Sensor Fusion)	Level 4: Expert	2-3 weeks	Quaternions, EKF
6	Reaction Wheel PID Controller (The Mover)	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	Rigid body dynamics, PID control
7	Priority Telemetry Scheduler (The Traffic Cop)	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	Downlink budgeting, priority queues
8	Memory Scrubbing Simulator (Defeating Radiation)	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	SEU modeling, Hamming codes
9	Thermal Profile Forecaster (Heat Management)	Level 2: Intermediate	1-2 weeks	Thermal balance, heater control
10	Payload Image Compressor (Space JPEG)	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	DCT, quantization, packetization
11	FDIR Watchdog (The Dead Man’s Switch)	Level 3: Advanced	1-2 weeks	Watchdogs, fault escalation
12	Ground Station Command Console (The HMI)	Level 2: Intermediate	2-3 weeks	Telemetry decoding, command validation
13	Full Mission Simulator (The Digital Twin)	Level 4: Expert	2-4 weeks	Systems integration, multi-rate simulation