Space Systems Verification and Validation

This Space Systems Verification and Validation course provides participants with the processes, industry standards, information, and tools necessary to implement or evaluate a credible verification and validation program. Emphasis is on practice over theory using a fully-functional (hardware and software) desktop (non-flight) 3U CubeSat —EssentialSAT (ESat) as the system of interest. Using ESat, the course follows the logical development of the assembly, integration and verification (AIV) Plan for a hypothetical mission — NanoMet-2 – designed to deliver large scale meteorological imagery from LEO. NanoMet-2 serves as an end-to-end V&V engineering case study to examine the complete traceability from design requirements to verification requirements to verification event implementation and closeout. Application of MBSE tools for managing this process is highlighted. Participants are provided with key lectures and resources and asked to use these processes, tools and information to develop validation and verification plans and then implement them in a hands-on laboratory where they will learn by doing.

Course Topics:

• Intro to Space Systems Engineering

• The NanoMET-2 System of Interest

• Validating Requirements & Models

• Preparing for Product Verification 1

• Verification for the Launch & Space Environment

• Environmental Test Venues

• Preparing for Product Verification 2

• Implementing Product Verification

• Software Verification & Validation

• V&V of COTS

• Validating Products and Flight Certification

• Integrated hands-on exercises throughout

Price available on request