Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2010, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 174-181
Global monitoring of the Earth and planets of solar system
by means of network structures on a basis micro and nano spacecrafts
A.N. Lipatov
1, A.K. Tonshev
2, V.J. Goretov
2, V.M. Gotlib
1, V.N. Karedin
2, V.M. Linkin
1, V.S. Makarov
1, G.V. Zaharkin
3, L.I. Khlustova
1, N.A. Eismont
1, O.N. Andreev
1, S.A. Antonenko
31 Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Profsoyuznya 84/32
2 Special Design Department of Space research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 249810 Kaluga region, Tarusa
3 J.V. Interastro, 117997 Moscow, Profsoyuznya 84/32
By today serious backlog of Russia was outlined in research of planets and small bodies of solar system by means of
spacecraft. How to restore level of researches, without having equivalent financing and scientific and technical potential
what it was in the USSR? It is a main point in the field of space researches. The decision of this problem at
available resources does not allow to remove this problem in a short space of time rather. Modern spacecrafts have
weight from hundreds kilograms to several tons. Cost of everyone makes ten and hundred millions dollars. Absence
of sufficient financing brakes researches. The problem decision - creation of inexpensive small-size spacecraft, such
as micro-spacecraft and nano-spacecraft, with weight no more than tens kilograms which is within powers of one or
group of institutes on the basis of their own resources. Working out of such micro spacecraft and spacecraft will
allow to carry out break in the given branch and to restore appreciably level of researches. Creation of a network of
such spacecraft in an orbit will allow to carry out global monitoring of the Earth and planets of solar system. In the
presented work the results reached by laboratory «Small devices for research of planets of solar system» institute of
space researches in the given direction are resulted. In the work the development of architecture of small spacecrafts,
devices, and software that can be used for creation of micro- and nano-spacecraft are presented. These are the
devices providing functions of management, provision of energy, navigation and orientation of a spacecraft and their
software.
Keywords: Small spacecrafts - a new view
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