The system installed at Launch Complex 20 for the Spaceport Florida Authority breaks new ground in combining the affordability of personal computers with the reliability of proven Unix software technology for mission critical applications. The system will initially support suborbital launch operations.
Plans are to expand the system to support low earth orbit launches and multiple launch pads.
Last year, CCT announced its strategy to move its product line of mission critical aerospace software to the Linux platform. The company was the first to announce a Linux strategy at the International Telemetering Conference, one of the world's largest showcases of mission critical technology for the aerospace industry. Industry giants like Lockheed Martin and Motorola spent a lot of time discussing our approach and how the new products could be applied to their programs. We have clearly hit a nerve in this industry. The system includes CCT's Command and Control Toolkit software and T-Zero commercial launch control software.