Design of optimal low-thrust manoeuvres for remote sensing multi-satellite formation flying in low Earth orbit
| Autor: | Manuel Martin-Neira, Gabriella Gaias, F. Scala, Camilla Colombo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Atmospheric Science
Computer science Low thrust Interface (computing) Aperture synthesis Aerospace Engineering FOS: Physical sciences Thrust 02 engineering and technology Dynamical Systems (math.DS) 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Physics::Geophysics 0203 mechanical engineering Range (aeronautics) 0103 physical sciences FOS: Mathematics Mathematics - Dynamical Systems Representation (mathematics) Mathematics - Optimization and Control Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) Remote sensing Orbital elements Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) Formation flying 020301 aerospace & aeronautics Astronomy and Astrophysics Geophysics Space and Planetary Science Remote sensing (archaeology) Optimization and Control (math.OC) General Earth and Planetary Sciences Optimal manoeuvre Satellite Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics FFLAS Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics SMOS |
| Popis: | This paper presents a strategy for optimal manoeuvre design of multi-satellite formation flying in low Earth orbit environment, with the aim of providing a tool for mission operation design. The proposed methodology for formation flying manoeuvres foresees a continuous low-thrust control profile, to enable the operational phases. The design is performed starting from the dynamic representation described in the relative orbital elements, including the main orbital perturbations effects. It also exploits an interface with the classical radial-transversal-normal description to include the maximum delta-v limitation and the safety condition requirements. The methodology is applied to a remote sensing mission study, Formation Flying L-band Aperture Synthesis, for land and ocean application, such as a potential high-resolution Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) follow-on mission, as part of a European Space Agency mission concept study. Moreover, the results are applicable to a wide range of low Earth orbit missions, exploiting a distributed system, and in particular to Formation Flying L-band Aperture Synthesis (FFLAS) as a follow-on concept to SMOS. Comment: 19 pages |
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