This paper presents a new, accurate, and fast methodology, remote sensing satellites coverage analysis (RSS-CA) for determining the coverage area of Earth observation satellites in concurrent design facilities (CDFs) devoted to space mission analysis. The Earth observation areas of interest are discretized by grid points and the coverage surface is computed from the intersection between the grid and the satellite viewing geometry. This geometry is modeled for off-nadir pointing conical and rectangular field-of-view (FOV) sensors and considering a perfectly spherical Earth. To test the RSS-CA methodology, the MARTINLARA mission analysis was selected as a case study. This mission analysis was carried out at the CDF of the Instituto de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR/UPM Institute). The results were compared to the ones obtained with the well-known AGI System Tool Kit (STK) software. The high accuracy of the results shows that the developed methodology (RSS-CA) can be simply and effectively applied in CDFs designed for space mission analysis, representing the possibility of a more open and user-friendly environment in relation to other commercial tools.
Coverage Analysis of Remote Sensing Satellites in Concurrent Design Facility
J. Aerosp. Eng.
Journal of Aerospace Engineering ; 35 , 3
01.05.2022
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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