TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of formation flying and constellation missions using nanosatellites
AU - Chung, Soon Jo
AU - Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi
AU - Foust, Rebecca
AU - Subramanian, Giri P.
AU - Hadaegh, Fred Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Government sponsorship is acknowledged. This research was carried out in part at the JPL, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. The authors would like to thank Tom Cwik at JPL for his guidance and constructive comments. The authors would also like to thank D. Morgan, D. Chen, S. Chan, Y. Taleb, D. Rogers, J. Kokkat, D. Hanley, J. Puig, and H.-B. Yoon for their valuable input.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A review of formation flying (FF) and constellation missions using nanosatellites from around the world is presented. The categorization of the 39 multisatellite missions, based on their current mission status, leading organizations, and their funding sources, is described. The primary funding sources for multisatellite missions are NASA and NASA centers, such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Department of Defense (DoD), non-US agencies such as the European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and private companies. The aim of such Earth science missions is to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations.
AB - A review of formation flying (FF) and constellation missions using nanosatellites from around the world is presented. The categorization of the 39 multisatellite missions, based on their current mission status, leading organizations, and their funding sources, is described. The primary funding sources for multisatellite missions are NASA and NASA centers, such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Department of Defense (DoD), non-US agencies such as the European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and private companies. The aim of such Earth science missions is to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations.
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U2 - 10.2514/1.A33291
DO - 10.2514/1.A33291
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84971405814
VL - 53
SP - 567
EP - 578
JO - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
JF - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
SN - 0022-4650
IS - 3
ER -