<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
(	O
NMF	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
for	O
small	O
satellites	O
based	O
on	O
CCSDS	O
Mission	O
Operations	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
supports	O
missions	O
by	O
facilitating	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
distribution	O
,	O
and	O
deployment	O
of	O
Apps	O
on	O
satellite	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
facilitates	O
the	O
monitoring	O
and	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
satellite	O
and	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
services	O
for	O
software	O
management	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
onboard	O
Apps	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
,	O
uninstalled	O
and	O
upgraded	O
remotely	O
from	O
ground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
currently	O
flying	O
on-board	O
of	O
ESA	O
's	O
OPS-SAT	O
mission	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
integrated	O
with	O
ESA	O
's	O
Phi-Sat-2	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
began	O
in	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
recognizing	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
standardized	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
to	O
support	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
operations	O
of	O
small	O
satellites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
for	O
nanosatellites	O
based	O
on	O
CCSDS	O
Mission	O
Operations	O
services	O
inspired	O
by	O
today	O
's	O
smartphone	O
technologies	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
cost	O
required	O
to	O
bring	O
these	O
satellites	O
into	O
orbit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
underwent	O
significant	O
development	O
and	O
testing	O
,	O
with	O
input	O
from	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
stakeholders	O
in	O
the	O
space	O
industry	O
and	O
academia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
was	O
released	O
as	O
open-source	O
software	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
space	O
industry	O
and	O
academic	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
was	O
selected	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
upcoming	O
ESA	O
's	O
Phi-Sat-2	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mission	O
will	O
run	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
directly	O
on	O
board	O
for	O
Earth	O
Observation	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
will	O
facilitate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
Apps	O
and	O
it	O
will	O
support	O
their	O
whole	O
life-cycle	O
including	O
development	O
,	O
deployment	O
,	O
and	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
built	O
upon	O
the	O
CCSDS	O
Mission	O
Operations	O
services	O
Architecture	O
and	O
therefore	O
it	O
inherits	O
its	O
properties	O
such	O
as	O
being	O
transport-agnostic	O
,	O
multi-domain	O
,	O
and	O
programming	O
language	O
independent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
includes	O
five	O
sets	O
of	O
MO	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
split	O
in	O
two	O
segments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
defines	O
an	O
NMF	O
App	O
as	O
an	O
on-board	O
software	O
application	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reference	O
implementation	O
provides	O
a	O
concrete	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
specifications	O
of	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
Software	O
Development	O
Kit	O
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
software	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
NMF	O
Apps	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
(	O
programming	O
language	O
)	O
and	O
have	O
Apache	B-Language
Maven	I-Language
as	O
a	O
prerequisite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
several	O
release	O
versions	O
are	O
available	O
via	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reference	O
implementation	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
online	O
for	O
free	O
(	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
)	O
under	O
the	O
open-source	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
Public	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
Software	O
Development	O
Kit	O
(	O
NMF	O
SDK	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
software	O
source	O
code	O
that	O
facilitate	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
applications	O
with	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
highly	O
modular	O
and	O
configurable	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
tailored	O
to	O
the	O
specific	O
needs	O
of	O
different	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
missions	O
are	O
(	O
or	O
will	O
be	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
:	O
Phi-Sat-2	O
,	O
and	O
OPS-SAT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
unique	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
Phi-Sat-2	O
mission	O
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
processor	O
on	O
board	O
the	O
satellite	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
process	O
images	O
of	O
Earth	O
taken	O
by	O
the	O
satellite	O
's	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Phi-Sat-2	O
mission	O
is	O
using	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
for	O
its	O
mission	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
bundles	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
software	I-Application
as	O
AI	B-Application
Apps	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
developed	O
,	O
deployed	O
,	O
and	O
operated	O
from	O
ground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
allows	O
the	O
Phi-Sat-2	O
mission	O
team	O
to	O
streamline	O
their	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
scientific	O
objectives	O
of	O
the	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
implementation	O
for	O
ESA	O
's	O
OPS-SAT	O
mission	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
validate	O
the	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
in-flight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NanoSat	B-Language
MO	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
apps	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
publish	O
telemetry	O
,	O
receive	O
telecommands	O
or	O
access	O
the	O
GPS	O
device	O
on	O
OPS-SAT	O
.	O
</s>
