DESIGN OF AN EARTH-OBSERVATION SATELLITE CONSTELLATION VIA IMAGE RETURN TIME FIGURE OF MERIT
1st International-Academy-of-Astronautics Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems (DyCoSS), Porto, Portekiz, 19 - 21 Mart 2012, cilt.145, ss.1353-1364, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Cilt numarası: 145
- Basıldığı Şehir: Porto
- Basıldığı Ülke: Portekiz
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1353-1364
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
This paper aims to analyze an optimal configuration for a satellite constellation needed for successful completion of an imaging request from a predefined target area. A figure of merit is defined for comparison of different constellation configurations. Different numbers of satellites are analyzed in single and multi orbital planes. Preliminary results show that it is not beneficial to increase the number of satellites in a plane after a certain limit and multi plane approach does not provide significant improvement to results when a target area within a communication cone of a single ground station is considered.