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SAR Constellation for Low Cost and Rapid Earth Monitoring

Sam Doody, Martin A. Cohen, Emanuele Monchieri, José Márquez-Martínez

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Massive communication constellations in development such as OneWeb are redefining the concept of constellations, offering serial production of hundreds of satellites with a low recurrent cost. In this SAR constellation concept Airbus has taken such a low cost platform with the benefits it offers and paired it with a low cost SAR payload offering an attractive solution to constellations. A maritime surveillance constellation configuration to offer global access in <;3hrs with only 16 satellites utilizing this approach is presented.

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Massive communication constellations in development such as OneWeb are redefining the concept of constellations, offering serial production of hundreds of satellites with a low recurrent cost. In this SAR constellation concept Airbus has taken such a low cost platform with the benefits it offers and paired it with a low cost SAR payload offering an attractive solution to constellations. A maritime surveillance constellation configuration to offer global access in <;3hrs with only 16 satellites utilizing this approach is presented.

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Massive communication constellations in development such as OneWeb are redefining the concept of constellations, offering serial production of hundreds of satellites with a low recurrent cost. In this SAR constellation concept Airbus has taken such a low cost platform with the benefits it offers and paired it with a low cost SAR payload offering an attractive solution to constellations. A maritime surveillance constellation configuration to offer global access in <;3hrs with only 16 satellites utilizing this approach is presented.

Key concepts: Constellation, Payload (computing), Satellite constellation, Computer science, Low earth orbit, Satellite broadcasting, Satellite, Earth observation

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