Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999.
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| author | Enright, John Patrick, 1974- |
| author2 | David Miller. |
| author_facet | David Miller. Enright, John Patrick, 1974- |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/500832019-04-12T14:47:57Z Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed Enright, John Patrick, 1974- David Miller. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173). The development and use of a novel testbed architecture is presented. Separated spacecraft interferometers have been proposed for applications in sparse aperture radar or astronomical observations. Modeled after these systems, an integrated hardware and software interferometry testbed is developed. Utilizing acoustic sources and sensors as a simplified analog to radio or optical systems, the Acoustic Imaging Testbed's simplest function is that of a Michelson interferometer. Robot arms control the motion of microphones. Through successive measurements an acoustic image can be formed. On top of this functionality, a layered software architecture is developed. This software creates a virtual environment that mimics the command, control and communications functions appropriate to a space interferometer. Autonomous spacecraft agents interact within this environment as the logical equivalent of distributed satellites. Optimal imaging configurations are validated. A scalable approach to cluster autonomy is discussed. by John Enright. S.M. 2009-12-10T19:09:52Z 2009-12-10T19:09:52Z 1999 1999 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50083 44606668 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 186 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Aeronautics and Astronautics. Enright, John Patrick, 1974- Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| title | Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| title_full | Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| title_short | Investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| title_sort | investigation of spacecraft cluster autonomy through an acoustic imaging interferometric testbed |
| topic | Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50083 |
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