Accurate and timely flood forecasts are critical for protecting people and infrastructure in a
changing climate. Satellite remote sensing provides the necessary wide area coverage and …

Distributed Space Systems (DSS) are an emerging class of mission designs that enable new
scientific and commercial opportunities. In order to enable those new opportunities, these …

We compare two planner solutions for a challenging Earth science application to plan
coordinated measurements (observations) for a constellation of satellites. This problem is …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-1470. vid To maximize the utility of
remote sensing satellite constellations, agile attitude maneuvering is required. By taking into …

We present planning challenges, methods and preliminary results for a new model-based
paradigm for earth observing systems in adaptive remote sensing. Our heuristically guided …

In early satellite mission design, requirements are not yet fixed, cost is sometimes
negotiable, and designs are relatively unconstrained. During this period of design freedom …

Distributed Spacecraft Systems are a type of multi-spacecraft mission architecture that can
not only provide improved resolution, coverage, and availability of existing missions, but …

Abstract The Surface Deformation and Change Mission Architecture Study (SDC) aims at
designing the next synthetic aperture radar mission to measure geophysical properties of …

Grid coverage calculations are a commonly used analysis tool for Earth-observation and
communication satellite missions. A dynamic coverage calculation by a maneuverable …

This paper presents the Earth Observation Simulator (EO-Sim), a software framework which
facilitates the design of novel observation systems. EO-Sim allows exploration of observing …