LiDAR small satellite for space debris location and attitude determination

Mamani, Jaime Gerson Cuba; Yanyachi, Pablo R.

doi:10.1109/incas.2019.8827211

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“…The discussion in [16] and [17] recognises that technological advancements increases small satellite deployment but does not consider space debris removal. This is considered in [18]. Mamani et al [18] recognize the risk posed by space debris and importance of space debris removal.…”

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“…This is considered in [18]. Mamani et al [18] recognize the risk posed by space debris and importance of space debris removal. The study identifies different methods and technologies suitable to realize space debris removal.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the usefulness of the proposed LIDAR technology has not been examined from the perspective of scalability. From the discussion in [18], the question of the number of LIDAR technology payloads to be deployed with an increasing number of satellites in mega-constellations arises. However, this question has not been considered.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The discussion in [16][17][18][19][20][21] assumes that earth's orbital zones should be accessible to all actors requiring access to space's orbital resources. This is observed to result in an orbital commons paradigm.…”

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Data Rich Architecture for Future Space Applications and Computing

Periola¹,

Alonge²,

Ogudo³

2021

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Space applications play an important role in technological advancements. This is because satellites are useful in existing applications like earth observations and future computing (hosting space based data centres). In these applications, satellites increase the amount of space debris as they reach their end of life. Therefore, the reduction of space debris for hosting future space application is crucial. The discussion in this paper considers that increasing space debris limits the deployment of additional earth observation satellites and future space based data centres. This challenge is addressed in this paper that proposes the use of non–earth’s orbital locations for hosting earth observation satellites and siting space data centres in regions having low debris. In addition, the proposed solution aims to identify regions in space with low space debris for hosting space based data centres. The performance metric is the rate of space debris generation (RSDG). The proposed solutions presents a framework to enable the acquisition and aggregation of data for RSDG computation in a given space region. Regions in non–earth orbital locations are utilized when the RSDG in a given earth’s orbital location exceeds a pre–defined threshold. In addition, the RSDG is formulated via the adaptation of the Shannon relation utilized to formulate the channel capacity in wireless communications. The result of evaluation shows that the RDSG is reduced by 50% on average due to the use of the proposed mechanism.

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Section: Background and Existing Workmentioning

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Data Rich Architecture for Future Space Applications and Computing

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Ogudo³

2021

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“…Planetary exploration represents one of the main activities of various space agencies, with missions to the Moon and Mars [2]. LIDARs are considered a key enabling technology for an array of applications, including celestial body approach and landing (Moon, Mars) providing hazard avoidance, rendezvous, docking, space debris identification and CubeSat constellations [3] [4]. One of the key aspects of photonic integration is the different material platforms that are available, such as lithium niobate, silicon photonics, Si3N4, InP and heterogeneous integration.…”

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Development of a highly-efficient amplifier system for 10-channel satellite laser communication in the context of the HydRON project

Büttner

Hochheim

Brockmüller

et al. 2023

International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022

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LIDARs are considered a key enabling technology for an array of applications in space, including celestial body approach, landing, rendezvous and docking, space debris identification and CubeSat constellations. Reliability, low cost and low size, weight and power (SWaP) are critical factors for these applications. Current spaceborne LIDAR systems are based on discrete optical components. These systems consume a lot of power and are bulky. In this work, a hybrid integrated (FMCW) LIDAR system operating at 1550 nm and based on an indium phosphide (InP) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) platform along with an external erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) compact module is proposed. By using a telecom-wavelength laser with an ultra-narrow linewidth of 1 kHz, and a 1D optical phased array (OPA) using lead zirconate titanate (PZT) phase shifters, the proposed PIC microlidar can operate up to 100 km. In order to realize small beam divergence, a 1x100 linear array consisting of 4 mm Si3N4 dual-layer grating antennas with a coupling efficiency of up to 80% of the incident power is utilized.

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