Simplified Femto-satellite Operations for Disaster Management Missions
Document typeConference report
Date issued2012
Rights accessOpen Access
Abstract
The reduction in size of satellites is reaching at
the range of femto-satellites, i.e. satellites less
than 100 grams in
mass. One of the key points to achieve such a reduc
tion is to simplify the design of the satellite, bu
t also to simplify
their mission operation. In the present work, a sim
plified method for responsive femto-satellite opera
tions is
presented which is able to deal with the main types
of disaster management tasks. Then, a mission is e
asy to program
using a few default functionalities in everyone of
a cooperative satellite swarm giving a list of coor
dinates. The
protocol is able to update the list for adaptive mi
ssions which are based on coordinates. This feature
would allow an
easy control for the first responders when they are
in the field in the beginning of an emergency. The
se satellites
could send real-time pictures to the first responde
rs agents, without the need of a complex ground sta
tion
infrastructure, until the help arrives
CitationTristancho, J.; Gutierrez, J. Simplified Femto-satellite Operations for Disaster Management Missions. A: International Astronautical Congress. "63rd International Astronautical Congress: Naples, Italy, 2012: final papers". Nàpols: 2012.
Publisher versionhttp://www.iafastro.net/iac/browse.lite/IAC-12/
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