Enabling technologies for distributed picosatellite missions in LEO

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Abstract

Picosatellites are very small satellites with a mass of less than 1 kg. A number of picosatellite projects have been undertaken by University and government research teams. Constellations of picosatellites could prove to be a low-cost and efficient solution to remote sensing in LEO. Reconfiguration and adaptation are capabilities, which are of critical importance to such constellations. A conceptual model of a constellation consisting of heterogeneous picosatellite nodes with a payload function distributed among the nodes will be outlined. Enabling technologies for picosatellite constellations such as wireless intersatellite links, reconfigurable on-board computing and distributed processing will be discussed. A proposal for a test-bed to demonstrate a reconfigurable distributed computing platform will be outlined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - First NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2006
Pages330-337
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event1st NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Jun 15 2006Jun 18 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings - First NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2006
Volume2006

Conference

Conference1st NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2006
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period6/15/066/18/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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