Small celestial body exploration with CubeSat dwarms
Emmanuel Blazquez, Dario Izzo, Francesco Biscani, Roger Walker, Franco Perez-Lissi
download PDFAbstract. This work presents a large-scale simulation study investigating the deployment and operation of distributed swarms of CubeSats for interplanetary missions to small celestial bodies. Utilizing Taylor numerical integration and advanced collision detection techniques, we explore the potential of large CubeSat swarms in capturing gravity signals and reconstructing the internal mass distribution of a small celestial body while minimizing risks and Delta V budget. Our results offer insight into the applicability of this approach for future deep space exploration missions.
Keywords
CubeSat Swarms, Small Celestial Bodies, Mission Analysis
Published online 11/1/2023, 5 pages
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Citation: Emmanuel Blazquez, Dario Izzo, Francesco Biscani, Roger Walker, Franco Perez-Lissi, Small celestial body exploration with CubeSat dwarms, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 37, pp 590-594, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902813-129
The article was published as article 129 of the book Aeronautics and Astronautics
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