TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel satellite cluster design based on tree architecture
AU - He, Huang
AU - Jun, Zhou
AU - Tao, Bai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IMechE 2015.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - This paper is focused on how to design a cluster for a fractionated spacecraft mission, which benefits from the relative communication and navigation of the cluster satellites while keeping the satellites a safe distance apart. The fractionated spacecraft cluster is classified as the tightly controlled formation and the unconsolidated formation. Five parameters will define a satellite cluster, which will reflect the scale, combination, and the space structure of the cluster. A satellite cluster based on the tree architecture is proposed, and the relative combination calculation method for different relative orbits of different tree layers is presented. Simulation results have shown that the cluster satellites can be maintained within a certain distance using the tree architecture.
AB - This paper is focused on how to design a cluster for a fractionated spacecraft mission, which benefits from the relative communication and navigation of the cluster satellites while keeping the satellites a safe distance apart. The fractionated spacecraft cluster is classified as the tightly controlled formation and the unconsolidated formation. Five parameters will define a satellite cluster, which will reflect the scale, combination, and the space structure of the cluster. A satellite cluster based on the tree architecture is proposed, and the relative combination calculation method for different relative orbits of different tree layers is presented. Simulation results have shown that the cluster satellites can be maintained within a certain distance using the tree architecture.
KW - fractionated spacecraft
KW - relative distance apart
KW - Satellite cluster
KW - tree architecture
KW - unconsolidated formation
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U2 - 10.1177/0954410015585153
DO - 10.1177/0954410015585153
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84947447910
SN - 0954-4100
VL - 229
SP - 2659
EP - 2670
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
IS - 14
ER -