Satellite Image Acquisition Scheduling
BAMS 504 Project
Tony, Hans, Krishna
Problem Description:
- 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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