Low Cost Constellations to Assist the Warfighter

Abstract

The future surveillance is likely to involve increasing reliance on a range of unmanned platforms. Improving the responsiveness of the surveillance component means increasing the number of assets and diversifying their capabilities, e.g. you need both eyes and ears. Increasing the number of assets within a fixed budget means reducing the size of the individual platforms. In the space domain, this driver dictates a move from a small number of large satellites to a constellation of small ones.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA469948

Entities

People

  • David Beard
  • David Carter
  • Stuart Eves

Organizations

  • University of Surrey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Area Coverage
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Constellations
  • Data Fusion
  • Detectors
  • Frequency Bands
  • High Resolution
  • Images
  • Information Operations
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Small Satellites
  • Space Based
  • Surveillance
  • United States
  • X Band

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Economics
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites