1. CONSTELLATION DESIGN AND ORBIT FORMATION FOR SMALLSAT PLATFORM FOR EARTH OBSERVATION MISSION
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PATIAL, Samridh, PANDA, Aman Kumar, THOMAS, Chesler, BHATIA, Sahil, VAJJALA, Sanjana, and MISHRA, Alok
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SYSTEMS ,SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ,Physics::Space Physics ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,VARIATIONAL APPROACHES - Abstract
This paper outlays constellation design and orbit formation for SmallSats for earth observation mission and review of Small Sat platforms presently used by government space organizations and aerospace corporation. The earth observation mission\'s focus is to cover primary disaster prone and densely populated areas. The paper primarily addresses the constellation formation and orbit layout designed in way to provide high revisit frequency, maximum coverage area per orbit and minimum repeat cycle and standard Small Sat platform review on which various types of COTS remote sensing equipment can be used depending on the type of earth observation mission.
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- 2019
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