Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 10 Oct 2017 |
| Event | 15th Reinventing Space Conference - University of Strathclyde Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017 Conference number: 15 |
Conference
| Conference | 15th Reinventing Space Conference |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | RISpace 2017 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Glasgow |
| Period | 24/10/17 → 26/10/17 |
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Keywords
- inter satellite networking
- satellite communication
- space systems
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Building resilience by connecting the dots. / Lowe, Christopher; Macdonald, Malcolm.
2017. Paper presented at 15th Reinventing Space Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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T1 - Building resilience by connecting the dots
AU - Lowe, Christopher
AU - Macdonald, Malcolm
PY - 2017/10/10
Y1 - 2017/10/10
N2 - Satellites typically operate in isolation from their orbiting neighbours, leaving them susceptible to even the most minor of failures. Loss of a payload, radio or critical supporting sub-system could render the platform useless, an unfavourable situation for mission stakeholders. There is however a partial solution through the addition of inter-satellite networking, which offers not only value in terms of general performance, but added resilience to failure in the form of degraded operations. While a traditional platform exhibits two fundamental states: operational (which includes the collection and dissemination of data) and failed, a network-capable platform (i.e. one with an inter-satellite communication capability) exhibits six states, each reached through a unique combination of sub-system failures. The result of this added resilience is a reduction in the likelihood of the satellite reaching a fully-failed state, at the burden of higher financial cost and complexity.
AB - Satellites typically operate in isolation from their orbiting neighbours, leaving them susceptible to even the most minor of failures. Loss of a payload, radio or critical supporting sub-system could render the platform useless, an unfavourable situation for mission stakeholders. There is however a partial solution through the addition of inter-satellite networking, which offers not only value in terms of general performance, but added resilience to failure in the form of degraded operations. While a traditional platform exhibits two fundamental states: operational (which includes the collection and dissemination of data) and failed, a network-capable platform (i.e. one with an inter-satellite communication capability) exhibits six states, each reached through a unique combination of sub-system failures. The result of this added resilience is a reduction in the likelihood of the satellite reaching a fully-failed state, at the burden of higher financial cost and complexity.
KW - inter satellite networking
KW - satellite communication
KW - space systems
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