NDLI: Configurable spacecraft control architectures for on-orbit servicing and upgrading of long life orbital platforms

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ross, J. Musliner, D. Kreider, T. Jacobs, J. Fisher, M.
Copyright Year	2004
Description	Author affiliation: DSES, Honeywell Inc., Glendale, AZ, USA (Ross, J.)
Abstract	Large orbital platforms provide unique and essential space-based capabilities for science, intelligence, and defense missions potentially supporting very large aperture imagers, antenna farms, SARs, radiometers and other systems. In order to provide maximum return on the investment required, it is essential to have a significant autonomous on-orbit servicing, upgrade and repair capability such that the platform can operate successfully for decades and have new capabilities added to it. The dependence on human upgrades on-orbit must diminish as we go farther in space to minimize the risk to life. In order for such autonomous operations to be practical, current technologies from robotics, distributed computing, and spacecraft operation need to be integrated and demonstrated. We are exploring the application of collaborative control strategies designed for multi-agent critical systems, as well as network and distributed agent computing to demonstrate some of the basic functionality needed to coordinate tasks autonomously in a dynamic environment.
Sponsorship	Aerosp. and Electron. Syst. Soc
Starting Page	2625
Ending Page	2630
File Size	372400
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780381556
ISSN	1095323X
DOI	10.1109/AERO.2004.1368057
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-03-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Space vehicles Space technology Distributed computing Aperture antennas Radiometers Investments Humans Robot kinematics Orbital robotics Collaboration
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aerospace Engineering Space and Planetary Science

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