Space Packet Handler

[ahotasu]

In addition to parsing CCSDS data, it is sometimes useful to package CCSDS data. For example, when testing GSW/OSW tooling, it might be helpful to have a known, definitive packet to process that has a given flaw--bad length in the packet header, for example, or a red-high temperature in a specific telemetry point. We could also use such a tool to generate fake data with known errors for mission rehearsals.

I've previously incorporated most of this functionality--at least at the Telemetry Source Packet level--in my Perl suite of tools. AI could probably very easily convert it to and add unit tests, documentation, etc., and could make a nice companion to SPP--call is Space Packet Builder and, together with SPP, you have Space Packet Handler.

Also, it just occurs to me that SPB would be the nominal CCSDS TeleCommand Packet equivalent to SPP--software a ground system needs to create (and perhaps encapsulate) commands.