Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія (Apr 2018)
CREATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF "DISTRIBUTED SATELLITE" FOR LOW-ORBITAL INFORMATION-TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS BASED ON THE GROUPING OF MICRO AND NANO SATELLITES
Abstract
Presented are the results of an analysis of the growing interest in the use of low Earth orbits (up to 1500 km high) for the introduction and development of the Internet of things (Internet of Things - IoT). Industrial Internet of things (Industrial Internet of Things-IIoT). Internet of things for remote areas (Remote Internet of Things - RioT, for the purposes of scientific research and economic use of natural resources, control of the development and operation of infrastructure projects, the operation of territorially distributed industrial production, transport infrastructure. Factors significantly limiting the further introduction of micro and nano satellites are given. The authors proposed to resolve this contradiction on the basis of the developed concept of creating the architecture of a "distributed satellite". As an example, the article considers possible applications of the distributed satellite architecture in two segments of the space information systems market: remote sensing of the Earth and telecommunication systems. The application of the "distributed satellite" in radar systems with synthesized aperture (SAR-system) was considered taking into account the requirements of the operators of satellite SAR-systems and consumers of their information. It is shown. that the use of the "distributed satellite" architecture in SAR-systems also makes it possible to realize the technology of multi-static radar with a "soft" interference base (from 200 m to 1 km). The scheme of organization and interaction of the "distributed satellite" in the satellite-transmitter on the platform of the micro satellite, which is the core of the satellite cluster, and several satellites-receivers on the cube-sat platform is presented. The functions performed by the satellite-transmitter, the inter-satellite radio link and the satellite-receiver are considered in detail. The work of the "distributed satellite" is illustrated by the presented structural diagram of the SAR-system for remote sensing of the Earth, a version of the architecture of the low-orbit satellite communication system and the scheme for constructing a satellite system for the provision of IoT services. In conclusion, it is noted that the architecture of the "distributed satellite" makes it possible to effectively use satellites of the class of micro/nano satellite (cube-sat) to create complex space-based information and telecommunication systems
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