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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032in certain boundaries. This knowledge can be obtained using an autonomous relative navigation system based on radio frequency (RF) signals. The design aspects of such a system are detailed in this chapter. As all RF-based relative navigation systems are based on GNSS technology, the discussion is li

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032vision system the relative position and attitude (usually referred to in the machine vision literature as “pose”) of co-flying satellites can be extracted in real-time. This information can be used either to maintain or change the formation geometry. A crucial aspect affecting vision system design a

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032ntific and engineering advantages. This trend is responsible for an increasing demand on mission planning and scheduling systems able to coordinate the different spacecraft and to allocate tasks amongst them. New approaches are therefore needed to handle this new level of complexity, combining toget

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032t overall performance. This section provides further details for the special situation of network nodes consisting of several satellites and ground stations. Via the communication system partially autonomous functions at each satellite are to be coordinated to enable joint observations. Such self-or

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032uted ground station networks offer new opportunities for the operation of distributed satellite systems. Actual networking concepts are presented and research challenges in the field of ground station networking are discussed.

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