Necklace theory on Flower Constellations

Casanova,D. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Avendaño,M. ; Mortari,D.

Resumen: Theory of Flower Constellations has been improved with the 2-D and 3-D Lattice Flower Constellations. However, placing a satellite in each admissible location is not an optimal way to design a constellation. The necklace theory considers constellations whose satellites are subsets of the satellites of a Lattice Flower Constellation, keeping all its symmetries, in order to reduce the cost of the mission. Mathematically, these subsets are parameterized by necklaces (describing which satellites in the first orbit of the underlying constellation we keep), and a shifting parameter that controls the phasing between subsequent orbits.

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2011

Publicado en: Advances in the astronautical sciences 140 (2011), 1791-1803
ISSN: 0065-3438

Originalmente disponible en: Texto completo de la revista

Tipo y forma: Congress (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Matemática Aplicada (Dpto. Matemática Aplicada)