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1. Introduction and Motivation

Authors : S. Mathavaraj, Radhakant Padhi

Published in: Satellite Formation Flying

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Over the past few decades, there has been immense advancement in the miniaturization of onboard computer, sensor, actuator, and battery technologies. These developments have helped in miniaturing the satellites. Despite this advantage, however, due to their limited size and weight, no meaningful practical mission is possible using small satellites in stand-alone mode. However, in many missions, in principle, one can achieve similar or better performance as compared to a larger satellite using multiple small satellites flying in formation. In view of this, and also because certain missions can only be realized using multiple satellites with some minimum physical separation, an emerging trend across the globe is to have missions involving multiple small, distributed, and inexpensive satellites flying in formation to achieve common objectives.

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Footnotes
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Reduced mass requires much smaller launch vehicles. However, the launch cost is substantially reduced as small satellites normally fly as pillion rides with conventional prime mission satellites.
 
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An astronomical interferometer is an array of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as a single telescope to provide higher resolution images of astronomical objects such as stars, nebulas, and galaxies by means of interferometry. Interferometry is most widely used in radio astronomy, in which signals from separate radio telescopes are combined. A mathematical signal processing technique called aperture synthesis is used to combine the separate signals to create high-resolution images. In very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), radio telescopes separated by thousands of kilometers are combined to form a radio interferometer with a resolution which would be given by a hypothetical single dish with an aperture thousands of kilometers in diameter. See Wikipedia for more details: https://​en.​wikipedia.​org/​wiki/​Astronomical_​interferometer.
 
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Computer tomography is an imaging procedure that uses computer-processed combinations of many X-ray measurements taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional (tomographic) images (virtual ‘slices’) of specific areas of a scanned object, allowing the user to see inside the object without cutting.
 
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Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring, and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery and other phenomena.
 
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Metadata
Title
Introduction and Motivation
Authors
S. Mathavaraj
Radhakant Padhi
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Satellite Formation Flying

Print ISBN: 978-981-15-9630-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-9631-5

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9631-5_1

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