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Cluster based Channel Model and Performance Analysis for MIMO Satellite Formation Flying Communication Systems
... linear formation satellite sys- tems with single receive antenna element at the ground station and different numbers of transmitting satellites (corresponding to Multiple Input Single Output (MISO) system) are ...
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Semi Analytical Solution for Formation Flying Spacecraft Subject to Electromagnetic Acceleration
... of formation flying due to the effect of Second zonal harmonics, where the magnitude of charge to mass ratio is the key player for the correction of this ...of formation flying confirmed the ...
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From Single to Formation Flying CubeSats: An Update of the Delfi Programme
... DelFFi Formation Flying Mission System Control Behavior AOCS Control Behavior Platform Control Behavior Payload Control Behavior TC/TM Monitoring Behavior. Core Data Handling + JA[r] ...
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Three-dimensional formation flying using bifurcating potential fields
... for formation flying of multiple UAVs to test the validity of the proposed formation ...for formation flying using the law described in the preceding ...autonomous flying is ...
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Solar sail formation flying for deep-space remote sensing
... in formation above the ecliptic plane to provide platforms for accurate and continuous remote sensing of the polar regions of the ...for formation flying by identifying a family of periodic orbits ...
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Analytical Solution for Formation Flying Problem near Equatorial Circular Reference Orbit
... The relative motion between multiple satellites is a developed technique with many applications. Formation-flying missions use the relative motion dy- namics in their design. In this work, the motion in ...
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Microsatellite formation flying using pulsed plasma thruster and solar sailing at Earth Moon L4
... Satellite formation flying involves two or more spacecraft flying in particular configurations and working cooperatively towards achieving mission goals (see Reference ...spacecraft formation ...
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Spacecraft formation flying using bifurcating potential fields
... Recently formation flying has emerged as an enabling technology for future space systems that allows for a variety of new and exciting mission ...several formation flying concepts currently ...
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Pattern transition in spacecraft formation flying via the artificial potential field method and bifurcation theory
... spacecraft flying in formation can be divided into either centralised or decentralised ...demonstrate formation flying. The two satellites in this formation do not communicate with each ...
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Optimal Reconfiguration of Formation Flying Satellites
... Abstract— We employ a recently developed new technique for the numerical treatment of optimal control problems for mechanical systems in order to compute optimal open loop control laws for the reconfiguration of a group ...
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SIMBOL X a formation flying mission for hard X-rays astrophysics
... a formation flying ...a formation flying configuration, SIMBOL–X uses for the first time a ~ 30 m focal length X–ray mirror to focus X–rays with energy above 10 keV, resulting in a two orders ...
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Stereo Vision-Based Relative Navigation Algorithm for Satellites Formation Flying
... According to above figures, the initial filter error is bigger while the position error constringes to about 1m in 100s and the convergence of velocity error is rapidly. According to the process of entire simulation, ...
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Algorithms for spacecraft formation flying navigation based on wireless positioning system measurements
... Chapter four presented an implementation of the Constraint Kalman Filter in orbits estimation. Two parameters, α and β , were introduced in the Constraint Kalman Filter equations to mitigate the impact of the ...
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IAC-20-B Nanosatellites Triangle Formation Flying For Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and Transient Luminous Events Study
... Here a is orbit major semiaxis, i is the inclination. Note that if major semiaxes are different, it would lead to fast formation degradation – satellites will fly away from each other. Therefore, all the ...
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Small spacecraft formation-flying using potential functions
... The superquadric repulsive potential enables good obstacle representation as it describes the obstacle real shape near its edges and provides spherically symmetric iso- distance surfaces away from obstacle edges, shown ...
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Spacecraft formation-flying using potential functions
... The hyperbolic attractive potential is used in conjunction with a superquadric repulsive potential and has demonstrated its ability to perform decentralised, on-line motion planning of small spacecraft. A new technique ...
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Universal adaptive control of satellite formation flying
... satellite formation flying which has recently become an impor- tant field of research in the space industry due to the benefits which can arise from this mode of ...particular, formation flying of several ...
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Aerodynamic performance of flying discs
... In general, conducting performance analyses on sports objects (or implements) require one to identify and establish their influencing parameters (Hughes and Bartlett, 2002). In the case of sports with flying ...
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Augmented respiration in a flying insect
... cuticle and thus compress the air sacs. For example, a honeybee ventilates by abdominal movement, especially during and after flight (Snodgrass, 1984). Such ventilation behaviour produces a unidirectional flow in the ...
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Directional Change in a Flying Beetle
... Subjected to yaw, Beetle 1, flying at maximal stroke angle, decreased the amplitude of both outer and inner wings, but that of the inner wing was more drastically reduced.. In Beetle 2, [r] ...
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