We consider two spacecraft flying in formation to create interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). Several candidate orbits for such in InSar formation have been previously determined based on radar performance and Keplerian orbital dynamics. However, with out active control, disturbance-induced drift can degrade radar performance and (in the worst case) cause a collision. This study evaluates the feasibility of operating the InSAR spacecraft as a formation, that is, with inner-spacecraft sensing and control. We describe the candidate InSAR orbits, design formation guidance and control architectures and algorithms, and report the (Delta)(nu) and control acceleration requirements for the candidate orbits for several tracking performance levels. As part of determining formation requirements, a formation guidance algorithm called Command Virtual Structure is introduced that can reduce the (Delta)(nu) requirements compared to standard Leader/Follower formation approaches.


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    Titel :

    Formation Flying for Distributed InSAR


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    Kongress:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2006 ; Keystone, CO, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2006-08-21


    Medientyp :

    Preprint


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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