TY - GEN
T1 - Preliminary analysis of double station meteors observation via cubesat cluster flight
AU - Chen, Hongru
AU - Rambaux, Nicolas
AU - Matha, Robin
AU - Chelil, Riad
N1 - Funding Information:
The METEORIX project is carried out jointly by researchers and students from several French and Belgian institutes in the framework of JANUS, which is to promote space to students of French schools and universities and is supported by CNES. The METEORIX is a 3U CubeSat dedicated to the detection of meteors and re-entering space debris from space, and the estimation of flux
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The METEORIX CubeSat is planned to observe meteors and space debris. Objectives of this project include determination of the origin of the meteoroids, and characterisation of flux density, which can constrain the environmental models for space and ground activities. To effectively achieve the objectives, this work investigates the 3D measurement of entering objects with two METEORIX CubeSats. The mission operation is assumed in the simplest way; that is, the CubeSats are deployed from the launcher at the same time but in different directions, there is no orbit control afterwards, and the CubeSats will constantly point their cameras in the nadir direction. Through analyses of measurement error, view intersection, and the orbital drift of the cluster flight, we have shown the achievable measurement performance under the simplest operation.
AB - The METEORIX CubeSat is planned to observe meteors and space debris. Objectives of this project include determination of the origin of the meteoroids, and characterisation of flux density, which can constrain the environmental models for space and ground activities. To effectively achieve the objectives, this work investigates the 3D measurement of entering objects with two METEORIX CubeSats. The mission operation is assumed in the simplest way; that is, the CubeSats are deployed from the launcher at the same time but in different directions, there is no orbit control afterwards, and the CubeSats will constantly point their cameras in the nadir direction. Through analyses of measurement error, view intersection, and the orbital drift of the cluster flight, we have shown the achievable measurement performance under the simplest operation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85111869653
SN - 9780877036715
T3 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
SP - 133
EP - 142
BT - 5th IAA Conference on UNIVERSITY SATELLITE MISSIONS AND CUBESAT WORKSHOP, 2020
A2 - Graziani, Filippo
PB - Univelt Inc.
T2 - 5th IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and Cubesat Workshop, 2020
Y2 - 28 January 2020 through 31 January 2020
ER -