How a programmer got Doom to run on a space satellite and what happened next
Summary
A developer and the European Space Agency ran Doom on the OPS-SAT satellite to test software portability in orbit. The experiment used an open-source Doom build and the satellite’s Ubuntu-based onboard system. The team also used the game to compare space and ground outputs and look for effects such as radiation-induced bit flips. The project highlighted how open-source software can adapt to constrained hardware and support experimental mission control work. It also served as a public demo of what future onboard computing missions can do.
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