Satellite Image                       Acquisition Scheduling

BAMS 504 Project

Tony, Hans, Krishna

• Earth observing satellites are used to capture the images of regions on the Earth for several purposes.

•  Earth observing satellites revolve around the Earth in low altitude orbits with altitude 700 km. They orbit the Earth in quasi-circular (north-south) orbits, with a speed of 7 km/s (V.Gabrel et. al. 1997).

Problem Description:

• The satellite’s cameras have agility (mobility) either along the north-south direction, or the east-west direction or both. 

• The angle through which the camera can move in north-south direction is called the pitching angle and that in the east-west direction is called the rolling angle (V.Gabrel et. al. 1997).

• The decision on what these rolling and pitching angles impact the performance of the satellite. 
  

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