| dc.contributor.author | Avendaño, Martín | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arnas, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Linares, Richard | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lifson, Miles | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-27T20:04:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-27T20:04:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/134385 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We derive an analytical closed expression to compute the minimum distance (quantified by the angle of separation measured from the center of the Earth) between any two satellites located at the same altitude and in circular orbits. We also exploit several properties of Flower Constellations (FCs) that, combined with our formula for the distance, give an efficient method to compute the minimum angular distance between satellites, for all possible FCs with up to a given number of satellites. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.10.026 | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.source | arXiv | |
| dc.title | Efficient search of optimal Flower Constellations | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory | |
| dc.relation.journal | Acta Astronautica | |
| dc.eprint.version | Original manuscript | |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerReviewed | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-05-06T13:59:26Z | |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Avendaño, M; Arnas, D; Linares, R; Lifson, M | |
| dspace.date.submission | 2021-05-06T13:59:27Z | |
| mit.journal.volume | 179 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_CC | |
| mit.metadata.status | Authority Work and Publication Information Needed | |
