Development of a Satellite Sensor Network for Future Space Missions

Author

Vladimirova, Tanya ; Wu, Xiaofeng ; Bridges, Christopher P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford

fYear

2008

fDate

1-8 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Future spacecraft are envisioned as autonomous, miniature, intelligent and massively distributed systems. At the Surrey Space Centre, a research project is currently under investigation, which aims to develop a picosatellite sensor network using the CubeSat platform. The proposed satellite sensor network will be used to demonstrate technology advances in space, including modified IEEE 802.11 wireless standard for inter-satellite links (ISL), distributed computing for computationally intensive onboard signal processing, and reconfigurable system-on-a-chip (SoC) design.

Keywords

IEEE standards; satellite communication; space vehicle electronics; system-on-chip; wireless LAN; wireless sensor networks; CubeSat platform; Surrey Space Centre; autonomous distributed systems; computationally intensive onboard signal processing; distributed computing; inter-satellite links; massively distributed systems; modified IEEE 802.11 wireless standard; picosatellite sensor network; reconfigurable system-on-a-chip design; space missions; spacecraft; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Intelligent sensors; Satellites; Sensor systems; Space missions; Space technology; Space vehicles; System-on-a-chip; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1487-1

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2008.4526248

Filename

4526248