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Task Scheduling of Multiple Agile Satellites with Transition Time and Stereo Imaging Constraints

Systems and Control 2019-12-03 v1 Systems and Control

Abstract

This paper proposes a framework for scheduling the observation and download tasks of multiple agile satellites with practical considerations such as attitude transition time, onboard data capacity, and stereoscopic image acquisition. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) formulation for optimal scheduling that can address these practical considerations is introduced. A heuristic algorithm to obtain a near-optimal solution of the formulated MILP based on the time windows pruning procedure is proposed. A comprehensive case study demonstrating the validity of the proposed formulation and heuristic is presented.

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@article{arxiv.1912.00374,
  title  = {Task Scheduling of Multiple Agile Satellites with Transition Time and Stereo Imaging Constraints},
  author = {Junhong Kim and Doo-Hyun Cho and Jaemyung Ahn and Han-Lim Choi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.00374},
  year   = {2019}
}