Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring

Authors. - Dedication. - Preface. - Chapter 1: Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (Antonia Moccia, Alfredo Renga). - Chapter 2: Multistatic Radar Systems (Lopez-Dekker, Krieger, and Moreira). - Chapter 3: Relative Trajectory Design (D' Errico, Fasano). - Chapter 4: Formation Establishment, Maintenance, and Control (Vadali, Alfriend). - Chapter 5: GPS Based Relative Navigation (Montenbruck, D' Amico). - Chapter 6: Radio frequency-based relative navigation (Maessen, Gill, Grelier, Delpech). - Chapter 7: Vision Based Relative Navigation (Accardo, Fasano, Grassi). - Chapter 8: Autonomy (Iacopino, Palmer). - Chapter 9: Relative Navigation (Horri, Palmer). - Chapter 10: Communication in Distributed Satellite Systems (Schilling, Schmidt). - Chapter 11: Ground station networks for distributed satellite systems (Schmidt, Schilling). - Chapter 12: Overview of Distributed Missions (Daniela-Graziano). - Chapter 13: TanDEM-X (Krieger Et Al). - Chapter 14: Cartwheel (Massonnet). - Chapter 15: Sabrina (Moccia et al). - Chapter 16: Topolec and C-Paras (Sephton, Wishart). - Chapter 17: The Sar Train (Aguttes). - Chapter 18: P-Band Distributed SAR (Fasano et al). - Chapter 19: Grace (Kirschner, Massmann, Steinhoff). - Chapter 20: Next Generation Gravity Mission (Cesare, Sechi). - Chapter 21: Prisma (D' Amico). - Chapter22: Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology Demonstration (Guo, Maessen, Gill). - Chapter 23: Future Trend, Potential, Risks (D' Errico). - Author Biographies. - Index.