ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2016, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 43-50

On technology of combined use of small satellites

L.A. Grishantseva 1 , D.I. Bubnenkov 1 , N.A. Egorova 1 , A.A. Emelianov 1 , V.A. Selin 1 
1 JSC «Russian Space Systems», Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 15.11.2016
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2016-13-6-43-50
Latest analysis of Earth remote sensing technologies reveals a tendency towards remote sensing applications using groups of small satellites. Such space-based systems can be developed both as a small number of dissimilar satellites performing different functions and as a large group of identical units interchangeable with each other. The paper deals with features of soft- and hardware technologies currently used by the Russian space remote sensing systems operator to enable operations of a constellation of small satellites. The major drawbacks of the technologies are: (a) manual interaction between planning and processing software units, as various types of software were created by different developers for different satellites; (b) lack of automatic distribution of the satellites’ information resources in terms of customer orders and technical limitations of ground infrastructure. This leads to a large number of time-consuming manual operations to distribute the orders between satellites. The paper suggests new technological principles of combined use of small satellites enabling automation of operators’ functions.
Keywords: complex use, remote sensing, small satellites, planning and proceeding
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