What is a Mission Application? ============================== Mission applications include anything that makes decisions or governs autonomy on the satellite, as well an any other applications designed to address mission-specific concerns. Applications can be used to accomplish anything on the system and are only limited by the computational or hardware capabilities of the spacecraft. Autonomous Applications ----------------------- Applications can be used to enable the satellite to act autonomously. Some basic versions of this are: - Querying hardware services and storing telemetry - Creating and broadcasting telemetry beacons that change depending on satellite state - Controlling deployment procedures Mission Operation Applications ------------------------------ Applications are also used to accomplish specific mission goals. Some possible examples are: - Image analysis - Payload operation - Payload monitoring .. todo:: Example Mission Applications //---------------------------- An example mission application is forthcoming.