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Avionics

KEEL

One compute core, one imaging chain. Camera and radio never run together.

KEEL is the repeating avionics idea: one compute core, one imaging chain, and a power rule so the camera and the radio do not fight. Radio, battery, and structure change with the vehicle. Demo-1 uses a smaller computer because it only records sensors. Demo-2 is the first flight of the orbital computer class.

Camera and radio share a power budget and are never enabled together. Demo-1 uses a smaller computer because it only records sensors.

MCU
STM32H743
RAM
32 MB
Camera
OV5647
Radio
UHF on OS-1
Power
Camera or radio