Spaceport and Ground Segment assessment for enabling operations of suborbital transportation systems in the Italian territory

Santoro, Francesco; Bianco, Alberto Del; Viola, Nicole; Fusaro, Roberta; Albino, Vito; Binetti, Mario; Marzioli, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.014

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“…In addition to these activities, spaceports have broader benefits. They can facilitate microgravity research, pilot and astronaut training, and experiments in the aerospace field [11]. Spaceports also offer opportunities for celestial body research and development [12].…”

Section: Spaceport and Satellitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Small countries with limited resources can utilize these technologies for their national interests, such as natural disaster monitoring, resource management, scientific research, and improving communication and transportation. The development of these technologies in small countries can also spur the growth of the space industry and open up opportunities for international partnerships in the field, ultimately reducing technology gaps and improving technological self-sufficiency and capability in small countries [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Development of Supporting Technology for Sustainable Spaceport Development

Widiyasmoko¹,

Martono²,

Herdiansyah³

et al. 2023

IJSDP

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Spaceports have experienced rapid growth in recent years, but have also faced significant challenges related to management and sustainability, particularly in developing countries like Indonesia. This literature review examines the role of supporting technologies in promoting sustainable spaceport development. Environmental and social concerns, such as disruptions to community activities, emissions, and environmental damage, have emerged as key issues associated with spaceport activities. By promoting open innovation and actor interaction, however, spaceports can foster sustainable development, taking into account infrastructure, social, and economic considerations. This approach aligns with the increasing demand for environmentally friendly practices in the space industry, which can attract investors and support further development. Safety and sustainability considerations should be integrated into every aspect of spaceport operations, given the high risks associated with rocket launches. Overall, this study contributes to a better understanding of the complex interplay between actors and technologies in shaping sustainable spaceport development.

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Section: Spaceport and Satellitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Spaceport and Satellitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Supporting Technology for Sustainable Spaceport Development

Widiyasmoko¹,

Martono²,

Herdiansyah³

et al. 2023

IJSDP

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“…Space applications are classified into (1) air applications up to an altitude of 30 km such as drones, hot balloons, airplanes, and military aircrafts, (2) near-space applications with an altitude ranging from 30 km to 100 km such as high altitude platforms (HAP) and near space platform (NSP), (3) space applications with an altitude over 100 km such as low earth orbits (LEO), middle earth orbits (MEO), and geosynronous earth orbits (GEO), and deep space applications such as earth-moon systems and Mar orbits. New space exploration includes the development of commercial space from start-ups and space ventures; especially, space commercialization was initialized by space tourism, space access, the growth of commercial small satellites, and the start-ups and new space adventures have attracted the total investment of $21.8 billion from 2000 to 2018 [51], [53]. Adriaensen et al [14] discussed the priorities and trends of national space strategies and space governance in European space agency (ESA) in regards to technology domains and sustainability and motivators of space explorations.…”

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The State of the Art of Information Integration in Space Applications

Yung

et al. 2022

IEEE Access

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This paper aims to present a comprehensive survey on information integration (II) in space informatics. With an ever-increasing scale and dynamics of complex space systems, II has become essential in dealing with the complexity, changes, dynamics, and uncertainties of space systems. The applications of space II (SII) require addressing some distinctive functional requirements (FRs) of heterogeneity, networking, communication, security, latency, and resilience; while limited works are available to examine recent advances of SII thoroughly. This survey helps to gain the understanding of the state of the art of SII in sense that (1) technical drivers for SII are discussed and classified; (2) existing works in space system development are analyzed in terms of their contributions to space economy, divisions, activities, and missions; (3) enabling space information technologies are explored at aspects of sensing, communication, networking, data analysis, and system integration; (4) the importance of first-time right (FTR) for implementation of a space system is emphasized, the limitations of digital twin (DT-I) as technological enablers are discussed, and a concept digital-triad (DT-II) is introduced as an information platform to overcome these limitations with a list of fundamental design principles; (5) the research challenges and opportunities are discussed to promote SII and advance space informatics in future.INDEX TERMS Information integration (II), space informatics, digital triad (DT-II), internet of digital-triad things (IoDTT), first-time right (FTR), space information integration (SII). FIGURE 2. Technical drivers of II applications.

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“…The significant increase in satellite launches, alongside the rise of new mission concepts for small satellite megaconstellations [1], launcher vehicles and even commercial suborbital transportation [2] systems are requiring an increase in tracking and orbit determination system capacity. The improvements to be introduced have the dual objective of maintaining a position and orbit determination accuracy suitable for the operations of all the users and of ensuring the sustainability of the environment by efficiently managing space traffic [3].…”

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“…TDOA could be easily applicable for supporting orbit determination and spacecraft tracking, as all the operational potential targets down-link frequencies (e.g., of the beacon or telemetry channels) are well-known and often concentrated in a limited number of bands [15][16][17]. This method could also be supporting near-space flights, such as launcher missions, stratospheric balloons [18] and suborbital flights [2]. The nature of the targets, i.e., high altitude vehicles, allows for a wide accessibility of their signals from the ground, thus improving the impact of a wide baseline network for TDOA positioning and orbit determination.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) Networks Performance for Launcher Vehicles and Spacecraft Tracking

2020

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Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) networks could support spacecraft orbit determination or near-space (launcher and suborbital) vehicle tracking for an increased number of satellite launches and space missions in the near future. The evaluation of the geometry of TDOA networks could involve the dilution of precision (DOP), but this parameter is related to a single position of the target, while the positioning accuracy of the network with targets in the whole celestial vault should be evaluated. The paper presents the derivation of the MDOP (minimum dilution of precision), a parameter that can be used for evaluating the performance of TDOA networks for spacecraft tracking and orbit determination. The MDOP trend with respect to distance, number of stations and target altitude is reported in the paper, as well as examples of applications for network performance evaluation or time precision requirement definitions. The results show how an increase in the baseline enables the inclusion of more impactive improvements on the MDOP and the mean error than an increase in the number of stations. The target altitude is demonstrated as noninfluential for the MDOP trend, making the networks uniformly applicable to lower altitude (launchers and suborbital vehicles) and higher altitude (Low and Medium Earth Orbits satellites) spacecraft.

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Spaceport and Ground Segment assessment for enabling operations of suborbital transportation systems in the Italian territory

Cited by 7 publications

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Development of Supporting Technology for Sustainable Spaceport Development

Development of Supporting Technology for Sustainable Spaceport Development

The State of the Art of Information Integration in Space Applications

Evaluation of Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) Networks Performance for Launcher Vehicles and Spacecraft Tracking

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