Coordinated guidance and control of mini_satellites in constellations for space earth survey

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The problems of coordinated guidance and control for mini-satellites in low-orbit earth survey constellations are investigated. The synthesis of the guidance laws is based on explicit relations that link the image motion in the telescope focal plane with the satellite spatial motion relative to the Earth's surface. The developed algorithms for areal survey, which is performed by constellations of mini-satellites in sun-synchronous orbits, and the results of computer simulation demonstrating their effectiveness, are presented.

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Yevgeny I. Somov

Samara Federal Research Scientifi c Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Samara State Technical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: e_somov@mail.ru

Leading Researcher of Department “Dynamics and Motion Control”, Samara Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of Department for “Navigation, Guidance, and Motion Control”, Research Institute for Problems of Mechanical Systems Reliability, Samara State Technical University

Russian Federation, Samara

Sergey A. Butyrin

Samara Federal Research Scientifi c Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Samara State Technical University

Email: butyrinsa@mail.ru

Senior Researcher of Department “Dynamics and Motion Control”, Samara Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of Laboratory for “Modeling of Control Systems”, Research Institute for Problems of Mechanical Systems Reliability, Samara State Technical University

Russian Federation, Samara

Sergey E. Somov

Samara Federal Research Scientifi c Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Samara State Technical University

Email: s_somov@mail.ru

Researcher of Department “Dynamics and Motion Control”, Samara Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences; Researcher of Department “Navigation, Guidance, and Motion Control”, Research Institute for Problems of Mechanical Systems Reliability, Samara State Technical University

Russian Federation, Samara

Tatyana E. Somova

Samara State Technical University

Email: te_somova@mail.ru

Researcher of Department “Navigation, Guidance, and Motion Control”, Research Institute for Problems of Mechanical Systems Reliability, Samara State Technical University

Russian Federation, Samara

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