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Future Trend, Potential, Risks

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During the last decades, the concept of distributed space systems has significantly progressed in terms of space applications, including Earth remote sensing. This chapter is devoted to a critical analysis of the achieved improvements and of the areas of major key issues in order to analyze potential and risks of distributed space systems. A discussion of future activities needed to prepare more advanced distributed space missions is also provided. In particular, payloads and applications are first discussed. Then, guidance, navigation, and control as well as other technological challenges, including modularity and architecture, follow.

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  1. Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Second University of Naples, Via Roma 29, Aversa (CE), 81031, Italy

    Marco D’Errico

  2. Space Systems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, Delft, 2629 HS, The Netherlands

    Eberhard Gill

  3. Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, P.le Tecchio 80, Napoli, 80125, Italy

    Antonio Moccia

  4. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherfordstr. 2, Berlin, 12489, Germany

    Rainer Sandau

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D’Errico, M., Gill, E., Moccia, A., Sandau, R. (2013). Future Trend, Potential, Risks. In: D'Errico, M. (eds) Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring. Space Technology Library, vol 31. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4541-8_23

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