Autonomous management of an earth watching satellite

This paper shows how current projects for the detection and observation of forest fires and volcanic eruptions by means of constellations of Earth watching satellites present t ough challenges in terms of autonomous on-board mission management. After a presentation of the reference mission, we descr...

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Published in:IFAC Proceedings Volumes 2004-07, Vol.37 (8), p.920-925
Main Authors: Damiani, Sylvain, Verfaillie, Gérard, Charmeau, Marie-Claire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autonomous planning
Constellations of satellites
Earth watching
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Summary:This paper shows how current projects for the detection and observation of forest fires and volcanic eruptions by means of constellations of Earth watching satellites present t ough challenges in terms of autonomous on-board mission management. After a presentation of the reference mission, we describe the operational constraints on the management of this mission, the resulting architectural choices we made, the need for an anytime planning module on-board each satellite, and the dynamic programming approach we chose. Then, we present some preliminary experimental results on realistic scenarios and the work which remains to be done to gel a completely satisfying system.
ISSN:1474-6670
DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)32098-0