SELF-HEALING SATELLITE
October 1st, 2002
BY MATTHEW BRACEAUSTRALIAN researchers have programmed a satellite computer operating 800 kilometres above the surface of the Earth to repair itself from blasts of potentially catastrophic space radiation, such as those emitted by a sun spot this week. Scientists from the Canberra-based Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (CRCSS) used a combination of smart software and components called Field Programmable Gate Arrays to create their self-healing computer on the satellite FedSat.They were able to test their new device in May, when FedSat recorded a ...
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