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Enabling Technologies for Distributed Picosatellite Missions in LEO
Istanbul, Turkey June 15-June 18
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/AHS.2006.33First NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive ...
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Tanya Vladimirova, University of Surrey, UK
Xiaofeng Wu, University of Surrey, UK
Kawsu Sidibeh, University of Surrey, UK
David Barnhart, University of Surrey, UK
Abdul-Halim Jallad, University of Surrey, UK
Picosatellites are very small satellites with a mass of less than 1 kg. A number of picosatellite projects have been undertaken by University and government research teams. Constellations of picosatellites could prove to be a low-cost and efficient solution to remote sensing in LEO. Reconfiguration and adaptation are capabilities, which are of critical importance to such constellations.

A conceptual model of a constellation consisting of heterogeneous picosatellite nodes with a payload function distributed among the nodes will be outlined. Enabling technologies for picosatellite constellations such as wireless intersatellite links, reconfigurable onboard computing and distributed processing will be discussed. A proposal for a test-bed to demonstrate a reconfigurable distributed computing platform will be outlined.

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Tanya Vladimirova, Xiaofeng Wu, Kawsu Sidibeh, David Barnhart, Abdul-Halim Jallad, "Enabling Technologies for Distributed Picosatellite Missions in LEO," ahs, pp.330-337, First NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS'06), 2006
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