Engelen, S. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author), Verhoeven, C.J.M. (author) Satellite swarms, consisting of a large number of identical, miniaturized and simple satellites, are claimed to provide an implementation for specific space missions which require high reliability. However, a consistent model of how reliability and availability on mission level is linked to cost- and time-effective design of the individual swarm...
conference paper 2012