| Title: | Applications and potentials of intelligent swarms (APIS) |
| Material Type: | ISU Team Project report |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2019 |
| Format: | 1 electronic resource (xiv, 88 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | TL795.4 |
| Subjects: | Heliosphere (Astrophysics) ; Magnetosphere ; Microspacecraft ; Self-organizing systems |
| Keywords: | swarm |
| Description: | Satellite swarms are developing as a high-capability and robust mission architecture. The APIS team analyzed satellite swarm technology and applications regarding science, law, and the commercial market. Based on the results, we designed a swarm mission for heliophysics. From nature, such as bees, we can mimic natural swarm systems. This report presents an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of satellite swarms, as well as the opportunities and threats they face. Our analysis is the result of research and discussion from the perspectives of science, applications, engineering, human performance in space, humanities, management and business, and policy, economics, and law. Building on our SWOT analysis, we propose a swarm-based heliophysics mission to meet the scientific requirements set out by our APIS team. The mission is designed to carry out radio tomography in Earth’s magnetosphere at various scales, thereby addressing two of the four key science goals in the National Research Council’s Decadal Survey. The swarm architecture enables both large-scale and high-resolution tomographic imaging, gathering critical data that traditional constellations are not able to collect because of their inability to respond autonomously to changes in their environment. This report presents an interdisciplinary summary of the analysis and mission concept, with particular emphasis on scientific motivation, engineering, operational design, and commercial and legal challenges. |
| Contents note: | 1. Introduction 2. Mission statement 3. Project description 4. SWOT analysis 5. Applications 6. Human performance in space 7. Heliophysics 8. Mission operation 9. Management and business considerations 10. Legal and policy considerations 11. Discussion 12. Conclusion |
| ISU program : | Space Studies Program |
| Format : | Open Access |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=10799 |
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