Applying autonomy to distributed satellite systems: Trends, challenges, and future prospects

C Araguz, E Bou‐Balust, E Alarcón - Systems Engineering, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While monolithic satellite missions still pose significant advantages in terms of accuracy and
operations, novel distributed architectures are promising improved flexibility …

Distributed earth satellite systems: What is needed to move forward?

D Selva, A Golkar, O Korobova, IL Cruz… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
EARTH-CENTRIC spacecraft have been designed for decades as monolithic systems, which
are highly integrated systems conceived to fulfill a set of goals satisfying certain user needs …

Internet of satellites (IoSat): Analysis of network models and routing protocol requirements

JAR de Azúa, A Calveras, A Camps - IEEE access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The space segment has been evolved from monolithic to distributed satellite systems. One of
these distributed systems is called the federated satellite system (FSS) which aims at …

A value-chain analysis for the copernicus earth observation infrastructure evolution: A knowledgebase of users, needs, services, and products

H Matevosyan, I Lluch, A Poghosyan… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reviews and analyzes the needs of Earth observation (EO) services' users,
stakeholders, and beneficiaries. It identifies the key elements of the value chain of the …

Benefits of using mobile ad-hoc network protocols in federated satellite systems for polar satellite missions

JA Ruiz-De-Azúa, A Camps, AC Augé - IEEE access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The operational network of individual observation nodes project evaluated the benefits of
applying distributed satellite system (DSS) architectures to Earth observation. One of its …

Reliable and Efficient Data Collection in UAV-based IoT Networks

P Joshi, A Kalita, M Gurusamy - arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.05303, 2023 - arxiv.org
Internet of Things (IoT) involves sensors for monitoring and wireless networks for efficient
communication. However, resource-constrained IoT devices and limitations in existing …

Towards federated satellite systems and internet of satellites: The federation deployment control protocol

JA Ruiz-de-Azua, N Garzaniti, A Golkar, A Calveras… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Presently, the Earth Observation community is demanding applications that provide low
latency and high downlink capabilities. An increase in downlink contacts becomes essential …

Proof-of-concept of a federated satellite system between two 6-unit CubeSats for distributed earth observation satellite systems

JA Ruiz-de-Azua, L Fernandez… - IGARSS 2019-2019 …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During these years, novel Distributed Satellite Systems (DSS) have addressed the new
Earth Observation (EO) requirements (eg near-real time access to data, or multi-point …

A novel dissemination protocol to deploy opportunistic services in federated satellite systems

JA Ruiz-De-Azua, A Calveras, A Camps - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Earth Observation applications are demanding higher spatial resolution and shorter revisit
times than existing systems, which can be met by ad-hoc constellations of Federated …

An implementation of software defined radios for federated aerospace networks: Informing satellite implementations using an inter-balloon communications …

R Akhtyamov, IL i Cruz, H Matevosyan, D Knoll, U Pica… - Acta Astronautica, 2016 - Elsevier
Novel space mission concepts such as Federated Satellite Systems promise to enhance
sustainability, robustness, and reliability of current missions by means of in-orbit sharing of …