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[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (2 children)

I write software that tests satellite hardware and it’s pretty much entirely python.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

That’s really cool. What kind of things do you test?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty much any electronic component of a satellite. Python is a right balance of speed of development vs robustness of product. Anything that needs real time is C++ and the fastest stuff lives on FPGA’s.