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Coordinating Multiple Spacecraft Assets for Joint Science CampaignsThis paper describes technology to support a new paradigm of space science campaigns. These campaigns enable opportunistic science observations to be autonomously coordinated between multiple spacecraft. Coordinated spacecraft can consist of multiple orbiters, landers, rovers, or other in-situ vehicles (such as an aerobot). In this paradigm, opportunistic science detections can be cued by any of these assets where additional spacecraft are requested to take further observations characterizing the identified event or surface feature. Such coordination will enable a number of science campaigns not possible with present spacecraft technology. Examples from Mars include enabling rapid data collection from multiple craft on dynamic events such as new Mars dark slope streaks, dust-devils or trace gases. Technology to support the identification of opportunistic science events and/or the re-tasking of a spacecraft to take new measurements of the event is already in place on several individual missions such as the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission and the Earth Observing One (EO1) Mission. This technology includes onboard data analysis techniques as well as capabilities for planning and scheduling. This paper describes how these techniques can be cue and coordinate multiple spacecraft in observing the same science event from their different vantage points.
Document ID
20150008847
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Estlin, Tara
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Chien, Steve
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Castano, Rebecca
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gaines, Daniel
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
de Granville, Charles
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Doubleday, Josh
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Anderson, Robert C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Knight, Russell
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bornstein, Benjamin
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Rabideau, Gregg
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Tang, Benyang
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 26, 2015
Publication Date
April 25, 2010
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: SpaceOps 2010 Conference
Location: Huntsville, AL
Country: United States
Start Date: April 25, 2010
End Date: April 30, 2010
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
automated commanding
autonomy
autonomous science

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