Given the increasing number of space-related applications, research in the emerging space
industry is becoming more and more attractive. One compelling area of current space …

This paper defines the paradigm of Federated Satellite Systems (FSS) as a novel distributed
space systems architecture. FSS are networks of spacecraft trading previously inefficiently …

This paper studies the problem of analyzing multisatellite constellations with respect to their
coverage capacity of areas on Earth's surface. The geometric configuration of constellation …

This article studies the problem of analyzing the coverage capacity of satellite constellations
with respect to ground regions. The coverage characteristics and formulations are first …

A general evaluation criterion for the coverage performance of LEO constellations that can
be used for various constellation configurations is proposed. The method transforms the …

Novel distributed space mission concepts such as fractionation and federation promise to
transform the design and operations approach of future missions. These paradigms require …

Designing repeat ground track (RGT) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellations for
achieving rapid revisits over key areas is essential to employ spaceborne differential …

Ring Road Networks (RRNs) have been introduced as a solution to transfer data between
different ground stations by means of a world-wide message-ferry system built upon low …

Traditional CubeSat communication systems are limited to Line-of-sight communication
methods. Beyond line-of-sight communications require a network of earth stations or …

The resources available for planetary science missions are finite and subject to some
uncertainty. Despite decreasing costs of spacecraft components and launch services, the …