Status of the fast mission: Micro-satellite formation flying for technology, science and education

Title

Status of the fast mission: Micro-satellite formation flying for technology, science and education

 Author

Guo, J.
Maessen, D.C.
Gill, E.K.A.
Moon, S.G.
Zheng, G.

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

 Department

Space Engineering

 Date

2009-10-01

 Abstract

FAST (Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration) is a cooperative Dutch Chinese formation flying mission led by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands and Tsinghua University in China. It is expected to be the first international micro-satellite formation flying mission to achieve objectives in three distinct fields: technology demonstration, earth science and space education. In this paper the latest status of the FAST mission is presented. The mission scenario consisting of different formation flying stages is described, and the system design of both the space and the ground segments is introduced, with emphasis on Dutch contributions. Some key technical issues related to autonomous formation flying are also addressed.

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 ISBN

9781615679089

 Source

60th International Astronautical Congress: IAC 2009, 12-16 October 2009, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

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Institutional Repository

 Document type

conference paper

 Rights

(c) 2009 The Author(s)
International Astronautical Federation
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