Search for dissertations about: "Spacecraft Formation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Spacecraft Formation.

  1. 1. Guidance and Control for Multiple Spacecraft Formation

    Author : Sumeet Gajanan Satpute; George Nikolakopoulos; Per Bodin; Kazuya Yoshida; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Spacecraft Formation; Concurrent maneuver planning; Co-location; Geostationary satellite; Asteroid visual coverage; Trajectory planning; Traveling salesman problem; Onboard space systems; Rymdtekniska system;

    Abstract : Multiple spacecraft formation forms a distributed space system where multiple spacecraft cooperatively exhibit the functionality of a single monolithic spacecraft or work in a cooperative way towards the completion of a common goal. This possibility of distributing the workload between different spacecraft provides the ability to work in parallel, enable economic and simple solutions in terms of spacecraft design, while is redundant towards partial or complete failure of a spacecraft. READ MORE

  2. 2. Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasmas : Cluster Spacecraft Observations

    Author : Alessandro Retinò; Mats André; Andris Vaivads; Bengt U. Ö. Sonnerup; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Space and plasma physics; space physics; plasma astrophysics; plasma physics; transport processes; boundary layers; magnetic reconnection; turbulence; particle acceleration; solar system; magnetospheres; Rymd- och plasmafysik;

    Abstract : Magnetic reconnection is a universal process occurring at boundaries between magnetized plasmas, where changes in the topology of the magnetic field lead to the transport of charged particles across the boundaries and to the conversion of electromagnetic energy into kinetic and thermal energy of the particles. Reconnection occurs in laboratory plasmas, in solar system plasmas and it is considered to play a key role in many other space environments such as magnetized stars and accretion disks around stars and planets under formation. READ MORE

  3. 3. Multi-Spacecraft Observations of the Auroral Acceleration Region

    Author : Soheil Sadeghi; Göran T. Marklund; Andris Vaivads; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The two major agents for producing aurora are generally believed to be the quasi-static parallel electric fields, accelerating electrons in the auroral acceleration region (AAR), and Alfvén waves. The Cluster spacecraft quartet has made multi-spacecraft measurements in the AAR possible for the first time. READ MORE

  4. 4. Electron energization in near-Earth space : Studies of kinetic scales using multi-spacecraft data

    Author : Elin Eriksson; Andris Vaivads; Masahiro Hoshino; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; magnetic reconnection; electron acceleration; electron heating; magnetosheath; magnetotail; magnetic nulls; Cluster; Magnetospheric MultiScale; Fysik med inriktning mot rymd- och plasmafysik; Physics with specialization in Space and Plasma Physics;

    Abstract : Plasma, a gas of charged particles exhibiting collective behavior, is everywhere in the Universe. The heating of plasma to millions of degrees and acceleration of charged particles to very high energies has been observed in many astrophysical environments. How and where the heating and acceleration occur is in many cases unclear. READ MORE

  5. 5. Low-energy ions around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

    Author : Sofia Bergman; Gabriella Stenberg Wieser; Martin Wieser; Gert Brodin; Stein Håland; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Low-energy ions; spacecraft charging; comets; 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko; Rosetta; RPC-ICA; SPIS; diamagnetic cavity; field of view; plasma; space plasma physics; rymd- och plasmafysik; Space and Plasma Physics;

    Abstract : Low-energy ions play important roles in the formation of the plasma environment around a comet. Reliable ways of measuring these ions are therefore of high importance to fully understand the processes and dynamics of this environment. Unfortunately, low-energy ions are infamously difficult to detect. READ MORE