Preparation of Papers for IFAC Conferences & Symposia: Autonomous Distribution Algorithm for Formation Satellites Under Emergent Imaging Requests

摘要

In order to quick response to emergencies such as air crash and natural disaster, satellites on orbit are desirable to fast achieve imaging sequence for real-time tasks. To select targets in hot area for formation flying satellites, two types of “select-by-grade” algorithms are presented to obtain an appropriate imaging sequence for each satellite. First, ground targets are divided into different groups with different grades in terms of their significances. By making analysis on constraints of target locations and satellite performances, the autonomous task planning is treated as a stepwise optimization problem where the objective function is to maximize the overall imaging gain for all satellites. Second, to solve the optimization problem, the aforementioned different grades ground targets are assigned to different satellites by pre-defined distribution schemes. Finally, a simulation example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.