DocumentCode
3527663
Title
Earth observation by distributed networks of small satellites
Author
Schilling, Klaus
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci. VII: Robot. & Telematics, Univ. of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
fYear
2009
fDate
23-25 Nov. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Advanced miniaturization technologies enable realization of satellites at small masses, enabling in-orbit placement of distributed satellite systems at limited costs. Thus, despite limited capacities of each satellite, data integration provides interesting outputs from the system. Advantages of a distributed satellite system include higher temporal and spatial resolution of the observations, as well as graceful degradation properties in case of failures.
Keywords
aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; remote sensing; Earth observation; data integration; distributed small satellite networks; miniaturization technology; Control systems; Costs; Earth; Internet; Magnetic sensors; Payloads; Satellites; Space technology; Space vehicles; Spatial resolution; pico-satellites; remote sensing; satellite systems; spacecraft formations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation, Communications, Information Technology, and Biomedical Engineering (ICICI-BME), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bandung
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4999-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-5000-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICICI-BME.2009.5417225
Filename
5417225
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