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Frequent Question: What Operating System Does Spacex Use?

Chloe Bennett • • 3 min read
Frequent Question: What Operating System Does Spacex Use?
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Original author(s) SpaceX
Operating system Linux
Platform x86 (judge) PowerPC (actor)
Included with Dragon spacecraft
Size Around 100K source lines

Which operating system does NASA and SpaceX use?

SpaceX uses the Linux operating system – it runs on almost all desktops and powers its vehicle. It allows engineers to streamline the development process while using the robust applications that come with it.

Does SpaceX use Python?

SpaceX engineers shared the programming languages they code in are: “C & C++ for flight software, HTML, JavaScript & CSS for displays and python for testing,” adding that they “use HTML, JavaScript & CSS.

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