The Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment (ASE) will fly onboard the Air Force TechSat 21 constellation of three spacecraft scheduled for launch in 2006. ASE uses onboard continuous planning, robust task and goal-based execution, model-based mode identification and reconfiguration, and onboard machine learning and pattem recognition to radically increase science retum by enabling intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting. Demonstration of these capabilities in a flight environment will open up tremendous new opportunities in planetary science, space physics, and earth science that would be unreachable without this technology.


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    Title :

    Spacecraft autonomy using onboard processing for a SAR constellation mission


    Contributors:
    Sherwood, R. L. (author) / Chien, S. (author) / Castano, R. (author)

    Conference:

    ISPRS Commission I Mid-Term Symposium


    Publication date :

    2002-11-10


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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