Investigation of Malaysian Low Earth Orbits for Remote Sensing Applications

[摘要] This paper explores the orbit design procedures of a low Earth satellite orbit for remote sensing mission. The mission objective is to gather images over Malaysia as an area of interest for a variety of applications such as land monitoring and digital mapping. The design procedures are mainly driven by the payload performance, lighting conditions and the coverage requirements. Standard CubeSat platform with a NanoCam is considered for the mission. Numerical investigations show the trade studies of various satellite orbital parameters and their impact on the performance. The orbital parameters are optimized to meet the mission design requirements.

[发布机构] Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur; 50725, Malaysia^1

[效力级别] 无线电电子学 [学科分类] 航空航天科学

[关键词] Lighting conditions;Low earth satellites;Mission objectives;Numerical investigations;Orbital parameters;Payload performance;Remote sensing applications;Remote sensing missions