There is an increasing desire in many organizations, including NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, to use constellations or fleets of autonomous spacecraft working together to accomplish complex mission objectives. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has initiated the TechSat-21 program to serve as a proof of concept mission for a new for space mission paradigm. This paradigm seeks to reduce costs and increase system robustness and maintainability by distributing functionality over several micro-satellites flying in formation. The distributed functionality includes processing, command and control, communications, and payload functions. A chief objective is for the system of micro-satellites to in effect function as a 'virtual' satellite, which can be controlled and tasked as if it were a single satellite.
TechSat-21 Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment
2003
14 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
TechSat-21 Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment
NTIS | 2003
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