Volvo Car SPA3 core computers
According to carup.se and Volvo Cars, the NVIDIA based core computer architecture from the current SPA2 platform will be kept also for the SPA3, making its debut in the coming EX60. An upgrade from NVIDIA Orin to Thor seems to be foreseen.
JUICE Moon Earth Flyby
The JUICE CDMS from Beyond Gravity seems to have been performing well. Camera data captured over SpaceWire links, stored in the SSMM memory and the downlinked to ground. All this while executing the attitute control as well as handling sequencing and data storage for the science instruments. Next stop will be the to feel the heat when flying by Venus.
Nobody will remember:
– Juice passed 750 km above the Moon
– Juice zipped by at 8.4 km/s relative to Earth
– the flyby saved about 100–150 kg of fuelPeople will remember:
– they saw the Moon images live 😎
– Earth, the photobomber 🌏
– the selfies Juice took 🛰️🤳 pic.twitter.com/pBFwS73YEx— ESA's Juice mission (@ESA_JUICE) August 23, 2024