5: Distributed CubeSat mission concepts
Alessandro Golkar Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
This chapter overviews the key mission concepts associated with distributed CubeSat missions and outlines technical challenges entailed for key-related technical domains. Distributed CubeSat systems are mission architectures enabling new functionalities for CubeSat systems and providing design strategies to complement or enhance missions employing larger satellite platforms through interoperability. The chapter provides a brief description of the concepts of clusters, constellations, fractions, federations, series, swarms, and trains. It provides an overview of enabling ...
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