{"id":555940,"date":"2023-02-24T01:11:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-research-models-concept-for-data-transport-using-train-of-satellites\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T01:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:11:30","slug":"new-research-models-concept-for-data-transport-using-train-of-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-research-models-concept-for-data-transport-using-train-of-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"#New research models concept for data transport using train of satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3500babd82c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3500babd82c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-research-models-concept-for-data-transport-using-train-of-satellites\/#%E2%80%9CNew_research_models_concept_for_data_transport_using_train_of_satellites%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New research models concept for data transport using train of satellites&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_research_models_concept_for_data_transport_using_train_of_satellites%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New research models concept for data transport using train of satellites&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/new-research-models-co.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/new-research-models-co.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Concept of operations for one cycler spacecraft. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/new-research-models-co.jpg\" alt=\"New research models concept for data transport using train of satellites\" title=\"Concept of operations for one cycler spacecraft. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\" width=\"339\" height=\"202\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Concept of operations for one cycler spacecraft. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although the Pony Express lasted only a short time in the mid-1800s before being outperformed by the transcontinental telegraph, it inspired a concept for a string of small satellites to transport data from Mars to Earth and help alleviate the data logjam currently occurring in the Deep Space Network.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>&#8220;The Solar System Pony Express is a mission concept that aims to augment the data transmission capabilities of the Deep Space Network using the idea of data mules,&#8221; said Robyn Woollands, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n<p>Woollands described the data mules as small spacecraft that can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to a remote location, such as Mars, where they acquire data in close range to the probe&#8217;s transmitter, then carry the data back to Earth where it is downlinked in close range to the receiver. This enables high latency and high bandwidth communication.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A network of interplanetary data mules could be established using cycler orbits,&#8221; Woollands said. &#8220;After launch, the data mules use their own low-thrust propulsion system to inject into a cycler orbit and target subsequent flybys of Earth and Mars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Woollands explained that the trajectories encounter two or more celestial bodies along their path and require a modest amount of propellant for correction maneuvers. After launch, the data mules use their own low-thrust propulsion system to inject into a cycler orbit and target subsequent flybys of Earth and Mars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the Mars flybys, data is uplinked from spacecraft already operating at Mars\u2014on orbit or on the surface\u2014and during Earth flybys data is downlinked back to Earth,&#8221; said Woollands.<\/p>\n<p>She said her Ph.D. student Alex Pascarella developed the tools to enable the trajectory design and optimization of Earth\/Mars cycler orbits for the Solar System Pony Express mission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We simulate trajectories that make use of low-thrust propulsion and include a high-fidelity model that incorporates the gravity of the Sun, Earth and Mars&#8221;, said Pascarella.<\/p>\n<p>Low-thrust space missions are becoming more common due to the benefits afforded by ion engines, which are more efficient than chemical engines. They are also smaller\/lighter which allows for the design of smaller spacecraft that can be launched economically as a secondary payload.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our study revealed that the total data volume returned during the simulated mission exceeded our goal of 1 Petabit per year,&#8221; said Alex Pascarella, Robyn Woollands&#8217; Ph.D. student.<\/p>\n<p>The study is published in the journal <i>Acta Astronautica<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Solar System Pony Express is a NASA Innovative Advanced Concept project led by Joshua Vander Hook at NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                        <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Alex Pascarella et al, Low-thrust trajectory optimization for the solar system pony express, <i>Acta Astronautica<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actaastro.2022.11.046\">DOI: 10.1016\/j.actaastro.2022.11.046<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium mt-4\">\n<p>                                                    Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                            University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering<br \/>\n                                                                                                                <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/grainger.illinois.edu\/\"><br \/>\n                                                            <svg><use href=\"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                New research models concept for data transport using train of satellites (2023, February 23)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 24 February 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-02-concept-satellites.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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