A Demonstration of Robust Planning and Scheduling in the Techsat-21 Autonomous Sciencecraft Constellation
Chien, Steve (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Sherwood, Rob (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Burl, Michael (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Knight, Russell (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Rabideau, Gregg (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Engelhardt, Barbara (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Davies, Ashley (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) | Zetocha, Paul (Air Force Research Laboratory) | Wainright, Ross (Air Force Research Laboratory) | Klupar, Pete (Air Force Research Laboratory) | Cappelaere, Pat (Interface and Control Systems) | Surka, Derek (Princeton Satellite Systems) | Williams, Brian (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | Greeley, Ronald (Arizona State University) | Baker, Victor (University of Arizona) | Doan, James (University of Arizona)
The demonstration (ASC) will fly onboard the Air Force’s TechSat-21 constellation (an unclassified mission scheduled for launch in 2004). ASC will use onboard science analysis, replanning, robust execution, model-based estimation and control, and formation flying to radically increase science return by enabling intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting. Demonstration of these capabilities in a flight environment will open up tremendous new opportunities in planetary science, space physics, and earth science that would be unreachable without this technology. We offer a demonstration of the planning, scheduling, and execution framework for this application.
Jun-9-2014
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