Observation mission planning for maneuverable satellite constellations towards multiple targets

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Abstract Satellite constellations require rapid maneuvering and mission planning for Earth observation missions. This paper presents a mission planning algorithm for a constellation of maneuverable satellites in circular Sun-synchronous orbits. A method is developed to determine the visibility of a single target from a single satellite. Analytical and numerical methods are combined to predict the target visibility and determine the maneuvering and return strategies. The observation mission planning towards multiple targets generates a set of maneuvering strategies with a genetic algorithm used to improve the mission planning efficiency. The numerical results show that the algorithm is accurate and improves the satellite constellation observation ability as well as the average number of observed targets.

Keywords Earth observing satellites satellite constellation orbital maneuvers mission planning

Issue Date: 06 March 2021

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	GAN Lan
	GONG Shengping

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GAN Lan,GONG Shengping. Observation mission planning for maneuverable satellite constellations towards multiple targets[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology), 2021, 61(3): 240-247.

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