Operations function

Fault Protection

The onboard and ground logic that detects failures and responds automatically to keep a spacecraft safe when the ground cannot react in time — vital across the long light-time to deep space.

In brief

Automatic detection of and response to spacecraft failures.

Connections

Related:Safe Mode

Knowledge connections

Associated withSpacecraft Health Monitoring
Associated withSafe Mode

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.