Cluster Flight Application on System F6

Abstract

The Cluster Flight Application (CFA) is a core application developed under the DARPA System F6 Program to provide guidance, navigation and control (GN and C) services to a cluster of spacecraft. System F6 seeks to "demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of fractionated space architectures, wherein the functionality traditionally co-resident within a single, large, 'monolithic' satellite is delivered by a cluster of wirelessly-interconnected modules [spacecraft] capable of sharing their resources and utilizing resources found elsewhere in the cluster" [1]. The CFA, when deployed on a spacecraft, would enable it to safely participate in the System F6 fractionated cluster by providing coordinated services that the spacecraft could not provide for themselves, such as relative navigation and cluster-coordinated maneuvers, to maintain the cluster safely and efficiently without extensive ground crew support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1148829

Entities

People

  • Brendan T O'Connor
  • Sun Hur-diaz

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Guidance
  • Kalman Filters
  • Maneuvers
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Space Flight
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers