A satellite observation system and method of deploying a satellite system are disclosed. The system includes a plurality of observation satellites (420) comprising one or more sensors, each of the plurality of observation satellites configured with at least a solar array (422b) and a mechanical stabilization element. Each of the plurality of observation satellites is constructed without positioning components. The plurality of observation satellites is positioned in a dawn/dusk sun-synchronous orbital plane about a celestial body such that the one or more observation sensors are oriented toward the celestial body. The system further includes one or more servicing vehicles (320) configured to engage each of the plurality observational satellites to configure at least the solar array and mechanical stabilization element
SMALL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FOR WORLDWIDE SURVEILLANCE
KLEINE SATELLITENKONSTELLATION ZUR WELTWEITEN ÜBERWACHUNG
PETITE CONSTELLATION DE SATELLITES POUR LA SURVEILLANCE MONDIALE
2023-03-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
Small satellite constellation for worldwide surveillance
European Patent Office | 2023
|SMALL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FOR WORLDWIDE SURVEILLANCE
European Patent Office | 2023
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