The information and analytical support of autonomous spacecraft control systems

Considered are the questions of building and developing the information and analytical maintenance of autonomous decision support systems for the spacecraft control. The presented system structure, alongside with the traditional units – the knowledge base and the inference engine, contains new elements: the unit of spacecraft equipment state simulation and prediction, and the unit of flight situations identification. The formal problem statement of the autonomous spacecraft control is given. General principles of system structural elements' interaction during autonomous decision-making are developed. Given are examples of control systems information and analytical support usage to cope the occurring contingencies.