Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into space

Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into space

A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the future condition of the spacecraft's power system, was carried by a Proteus Space satellite and is the first of its kind to be sent into space.

The rocket was launched Nov. 28 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

The digital twin is UC Davis' first satellite payload, developed by researchers in Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Stephen Robinson's Human/Robotics/Vehicle Integration and Performance Laboratory, or HRVIP Lab, and Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Xinfan Lin's Energ