Linking satellites via Earth hot spots and the Internet to form ad hoc constellations

Daniel Mandl; Stu Frye; Sandra Grosvenor; Mary Ann Ingram; John Langley; Felix A. Miranda; Richard Q. Lee; Robert R. Romanofsky; Afroz Zaman; Zoya Popovic; Robert L. Sherwood; Steve Chien; Ashley Davies

doi:10.1117/12.579307

11 January 2005 Linking satellites via Earth hot spots and the Internet to form ad hoc constellations

Daniel Mandl, Stu Frye, Sandra Grosvenor, Mary Ann Ingram, John Langley, Felix A. Miranda, Richard Q. Lee, Robert R. Romanofsky, Afroz Zaman, Zoya Popovic, Robert L. Sherwood, Steve Chien, Ashley Davies

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Proceedings Volume 5659, Enabling Sensor and Platform Technologies for Spaceborne Remote Sensing; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579307
Event: Fourth International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium 2004: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2004, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

As more assets are placed in orbit, opportunities emerge to combine various sets of satellites in temporary constellations to perform collaborative image collections. Often, new operations concepts for a satellite or set of satellites emerge after launch. To the degree with which new space assets can be inexpensively and rapidly integrated into temporary or "ad hoc" constellations, will determine whether these new ideas will be implemented or not. On the Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) satellite, a New Millennium Program mission, a number of experiments were conducted and are being conducted to demonstrate various aspects of an architecture that, when taken as a whole, will enable progressive mission autonomy. In particular, the target architecture will use adaptive ground antenna arrays to form, as close as possible, the equivalent of wireless access points for low earth orbiting satellites. Coupled with various ground and flight software and the Internet, the architecture enables progressive mission autonomy. Thus, new collaborative sensing techniques can be implemented post-launch. This paper will outline the overall operations concept and highlight details of both the research effort being conducted in the area of adaptive antenna arrays and some of the related successful autonomy software that has been implemented using EO-1 and other operational satellites.

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Daniel Mandl, Stu Frye, Sandra Grosvenor, Mary Ann Ingram, John Langley, Felix A. Miranda, Richard Q. Lee, Robert R. Romanofsky, Afroz Zaman, Zoya Popovic, Robert L. Sherwood, Steve Chien, and Ashley Davies "Linking satellites via Earth hot spots and the Internet to form ad hoc constellations", Proc. SPIE 5659, Enabling Sensor and Platform Technologies for Spaceborne Remote Sensing, (11 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579307

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