Abstract
Planetary exploration will be increasingly carried
on by means of formations/fleets of probes, all of them
having onboard navigation and communication systems. It
is possible to keep these subsystems at a very simple, level
onboard of the probes, and to use some common external
infrastructure to help them in exploiting these tasks. The
common infkastructure could be represented by a network of
satellites orbiting round the planet and providing a data
relay to the Earth and a set of sources for a radionavigation
system.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd International NAISO Congress on Information Service Innovations (ISI'2001) |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- aeronautics
- space travel
- planets
- satellites
- propulsion systems