LEON3-FT-RTAX used as controller in rendezvous and formation flying mission

Gaisler Research and Swedish Space Corporation signs license agreement for the use of the Fault Tolerant LEON3 processor in the Prisma satellite.
The high performing 32-bit LEON3 processor will be used for the on-board data handling system for the PRISMA satellite, a rendezvous and formation flying mission. The on-board computer is based on the Fault Tolerant LEON3 in an Actel RTAX2000 FPGA.

– We are proud to announce this agreement as this will be the first flight of the LEON3-FT in an Actel RTAX FPGA, says Sandi Habinc, System Design Manager at Gaisler Research.

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Gaisler Research AB is a provider of SoC solutions for exceptionally competitive markets such as Aerospace, Military and demanding Commercial applications. The Gaisler Research's products consist of user-customizable 32-bit SPARC V8 processor cores, peripheral IP-cores and associated software and development tools. Gaisler Research solutions help companies develop highly competitive customer and application-specific SoC designs.