Autonomous Mission Planning Software Design and Testing of the Agile Earth Observation Satellite

At present, the mission planning of agile earth observation satellites is usually carried out by the ground control center, and the planning results are injected into the satellite through telecontrol instructions. Due to the natural defects of ground planning, autonomous mission planning on-board is an effective way to improve the intelligent level and efficiency of agile earth observation satellites. The planning function is changed from ground operation to space operation, and the software operating environment has changed greatly. How to design and test the satellite mission planning software for the space operation environment is the key problem to be solved. In this paper, the key technologies of satellite autonomous mission planning software design and verification are described from three aspects: software requirement analysis, software design and software test or verification. This paper focuses on the design diffrecences between the onboard planning software and ground planning.