Dynamic Targeting of Satellite Observations Incorporating Slewing Costs and Complex Observation Utility *

Akseli Kangaslahti,Alberto Candela,Jason Swope,Qing Yue,Steve Chien,Akseli Kangaslahti,Alberto Candela,Jason Swope,Qing Yue,Steve Chien

Maximizing the utility of limited Earth observing satellite resources is a difficult ongoing problem. Dynamic Targeting is an approach to this challenge that intelligently plans and executes primary sensor observations based on information from a look-ahead sensor. However, current implementations have failed to account for realistic satellite operational constraints and have used static utility f...