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Simulated annealing based heuristic for multiple agile satellites scheduling under cloud coverage uncertainty
Chao Han, Yi Gu, Guohua Wu +1
Agile satellites are the new generation of Earth observation satellites (EOSs) with stronger attitude maneuvering capability. Since optical remote sensing instruments equipped on s…
Scheduling multiple agile Earth observation satellites with multiple observations
Xinwei Wang, Chao Han, Roel Leus
The Earth observation satellites (EOSs) are specially designed to collect images according to user requirements. The agile EOSs (AEOS), with stronger attitude maneuverability, grea…
Multiple agile Earth observation satellites, oversubscribed targets scheduling using complex networks theory
Xinwei Wang, Chao Han, Rui Zhang +1
The Earth observation satellites (EOSs) scheduling is of great importance to achieve efficient observation missions. The agile EOSs (AEOS) with stronger attitude maneuvering capaci…
Precise Real-Time Navigation of LEO Satellites Using a Single-Frequency GPS Receiver and Ultra-Rapid Ephemerides
Xiucong Sun, Chao Han, Pei Chen
Precise (sub-meter level) real-time navigation using a space-capable single-frequency global positioning system (GPS) receiver and ultra-rapid (real-time) ephemerides from the inte…
Instantaneous GNSS attitude determination: A Monte Carlo sampling approach
Xiucong Sun, Chao Han, Pei Chen
A novel instantaneous GNSS ambiguity resolution approach which makes use of only single-frequency carrier phase measurements for ultra-short baseline attitude determination is prop…
Rapid Satellite-to-Site Visibility Determination Based on Self-Adaptive Interpolation Technique
Chao Han, Xiaojie Gao, Xiucong Sun
Rapid satellite-to-site visibility determination is of great significance to coverage analysis of satellite constellations as well as onboard mission planning of autonomous spacecr…
Low-Earth Orbit Determination from Gravity Gradient Measurements
Xiucong Sun, Pei Chen, Christophe Macabiau +1
An innovative orbit determination method which makes use of gravity gradients for Low-Earth-Orbiting satellites is proposed. The measurement principle of gravity gradiometry is bri…
Autonomous Orbit Determination via Kalman Filtering of Gravity Gradients
Xiucong Sun, Pei Chen, Christophe Macabiau +1
Spaceborne gravity gradients are proposed in this paper to provide autonomous orbit determination capabilities for near Earth satellites. The gravity gradients contain useful posit…