Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Distributed Radar Sensors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. DISTRIBUTED RADAR SENSORS

   1. Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar

      • Antonio Moccia, Alfredo Renga

      Pages 3-59

   2. Multistatic Radar Systems

      • Paco López-Dekker, Gerhard Krieger, Alberto Moreira

      Pages 61-122

4. Relative Dynamics and GNC

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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5. RELATIVE DYNAMICS AND GNC

   1. Relative Trajectory Design

      • Marco D’Errico, Giancarmine Fasano

      Pages 125-162

   2. Formation Establishment, Maintenance, and Control

      • Srinivas R. Vadali, Kyle T. Alfriend

      Pages 163-184

   3. GPS Based Relative Navigation

      • Oliver Montenbruck, Simone D’Amico

      Pages 185-223

   4. Radio Frequency-Based Relative Navigation

      • D. Maessen, E. Gill, T. Grelier, M. Delpech

      Pages 225-266

   5. Vision Based Relative Navigation

      • Domenico Accardo, Giancarmine Fasano, Michele Grassi

      Pages 267-305

6. Technological Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307

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7. TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

   1. Autonomy

      • Claudio Iacopino, Phil Palmer

      Pages 309-329

   2. Relative Navigation

      • Nadjim Horri, Phil Palmer

      Pages 331-344

   3. Communication in Distributed Satellite Systems

      • Klaus Schilling, Marco Schmidt

      Pages 345-354

   4. Ground Station Networks for Distributed Satellite Systems

      • Marco Schmidt, Klaus Schilling

      Pages 355-371

8. Studies and Missions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 373-373

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9. STUDIES AND MISSIONS

   1. Overview of Distributed Missions

      • Maria Daniela Graziano

      Pages 375-386

   2. TanDEM-X

      • G. Krieger, M. Zink, M. Bachmann, B. Bräutigam, H. Breit, H. Fiedler et al.

      Pages 387-435

   3. Cartwheel

      • Didier Massonnet

      Pages 437-446

   4. Sabrina

      • Antonio Moccia, Marco D’Errico, Alfredo Renga, Giancarmine Fasano

      Pages 447-471

This title analyzes distributed Earth observation missions from different perspectives. In particular, the issues arising when the payloads are distributed on different satellites are considered from both the theoretical and practical points of view. Moreover, the problems of designing, measuring, and controlling relative trajectories are thoroughly presented in relation to theory and applicable technologies. Then, the technological challenges to design satellites able to support such missions are tackled. An ample and detailed description of missions and studies complements the book subject.

• Earth observation
• Formation flying
• GPS-based navigation
• RF-based navigation
• Radar sensors
• Radar systems
• Relative dynamics
• Space missions
• Trajectory design
• Vision-based navigation
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• , Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Aversa, Italy

  Marco D'Errico

Marco D'Errico received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995. Since 2000 he has been associate professor of Space Systems at the Second University of Naples. He is a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. His fields of activity are mission analysis of Earth observation systems, formation flying, spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, and ship detection by remote sensing data.

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