Failure Analysis’ Oracol To Get Sat Act Together…

Failure Analysis has released its Oracol® telemetry behavior prediction service. Oracol provides satellite control engineers with normal or expected satellite and spacecraft behaviors so they will know what is “safe“. Most spacecraft are launched without ground station personnel having any idea of what to expect from on-board sensors. In-orbit satellites and interplanetary spacecraft fail catastrophically because satellite operations engineers are not able to recognize on-board equipment behavior that indicates the satellite is at risk. Space equipment testing uses very wide acceptance limits. Most equipment failures occur well within these limits, leaving engineers unable to benefit from them. “We’ve developed a product that is in great need in the industry. Oracol decreases risk to the satellite owner, operators, and satellite and launch vehicle insurance companies”, said Dr. Len Losik, founder and President of Failure Analysis. Oracol telemetry behavior predictions are available six months prior to launch so that they may be used in launch rehearsals as well as integrated into telemetry analysis software tools and be readily available when the spacecraft is initialized. Updates are then provided after launch. Oracol can be used with Earth, lunar, planetary, interplanetary satellites, and deep space probes, including the NASA ARES lunar and Mars missions and the International Space Station. Oracol is derived from Failure Analysis’ telemetry prognostic technology, which predicts failures by identifying unreliable circuit and mechanical system behavior. The software was developed and used on the Air Force GPS program—Salinas, California