In the paper close formation flying equations are reviewed with respect to different manoeuvres and taking into account the required fuel consumption. Three scenarios are designed including parallel flying with in-track displacement demonstrating high-resolution optical dual satellite imaging and radar interferometric constellation, circumvolution as well as encircling of the target demonstrating debris observation and parallel flying with the radial displacement demonstrating fractionated spacecraft and accurate pointing of the formation. The designed scenarios were applied to a set of formation flying experiments, performed by SPACE-SI and OHB Sweden in September 2011 with Prisma satellites Mango and Tango. The results of the experiment are presented and the formation flying model predicted and measured data are compared.
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