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GNC Core
Guidance, Navigation & Control - the primary flight path management module. Handles trajectory calculation, attitude control, and mission sequencing in real time.
Scoping Phase
A vast, reliable flight computer system engineered for the next generation of aerospace missions - designed to guide Astroncia vehicles with precision no matter what the mission demands.
Pulsar System
Pulsar is Astroncia's answer to the unreliable, costly avionics that have long plagued the aerospace industry.
Built around fault-tolerant distributed architecture, Pulsar is designed to handle the full guidance, navigation, control, and telemetry workload of a launch vehicle - with the redundancy and real-time responsiveness that life-critical aerospace applications demand. It will serve as the nervous system for every Starlight mission.
| System Type | Distributed Flight Computer |
| Architecture | Fault-Tolerant Redundant |
| Primary Use | GNC + Telemetry + Autonomy |
| Vehicle Integration | Starlight LEO Launch Vehicle |
| Development Phase | Planning / Early Architecture |
Architecture
Pulsar is built as a modular, scalable system. Each module handles a distinct domain of the flight computer stack - enabling independent development, testing, and validation.
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Guidance, Navigation & Control - the primary flight path management module. Handles trajectory calculation, attitude control, and mission sequencing in real time.
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High-bandwidth telemetry management - real-time downlink of vehicle health, engine performance, navigation state, and payload status to mission control.
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Autonomous anomaly detection and response. Pulsar's fault manager continuously monitors all subsystems and executes pre-defined contingency responses without ground intervention.
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Dedicated landing and recovery sequencing - manages the autonomous first-stage boostback burn, entry burn, and terminal landing of Starlight vehicles.
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Standardized payload command and data interface. Enables customer payloads to communicate with the vehicle stack and receive mission-critical commands during flight.
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High-level mission autonomy layer - enabling Pulsar to make complex, mission-level decisions without real-time ground commands, crucial for communications blackout periods.
Design Philosophy
Pulsar is designed around three non-negotiable principles - the pillars of any flight-critical system.
Designed to function in the extreme thermal, vibrational, and electromagnetic environment of launch and spaceflight. Every component is selected for proven performance.
Triple-redundant voting architecture for all critical flight functions. No single point of failure. Pulsar keeps flying even when individual nodes fail.
Designed to operate without ground contact. When the link drops, Pulsar doesn't panic - it executes. Mission autonomy is a first-class feature, not an afterthought.
Pulsar continuously monitors vehicle state, orbital parameters, and subsystem health throughout the mission profile.
Starlight Integration
The two programs are being co-designed to ensure the tightest possible integration between vehicle hardware and avionics software - a single, unified system engineered for reliability.