TY - CHAP A1 - Pomahac, Vit A1 - Hudec, Rene A1 - Döhring, Thorsten T1 - CubeSat tandem flight for asteroid surveillance T2 - SPIE Proceedings N2 - Conventional mining might not be sufficient to support the growth of humankind which is heavily dependent upon rare materials in technical applications. Asteroid mining might be an answer, with Near-Earth objects (NEOs) being the first targets. However, the first step in the asteroid mining cascade is to probe reachable asteroids. Moreover, to identify the best candidates for further activities hundreds to thousands of asteroids must be screened. The fast progressing development of CubeSats might allow the space community to do the initial in-situ screening in a minimalistical and economical manner. Additionally, formation flying might enable the miniaturization of optical payloads for asteroid composition analysis in CubeSats. The recent developments in formation flying are summarised in this study and the possibility of utilizing formation flying CubeSats for asteroid surveillance explored. KW - asteroid surveillence KW - asteroid mining KW - formation flight KW - tandem flight KW - CubeSat KW - Planetoid KW - Rohstoffgewinnung KW - Kleinsatellit Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/doi: 10.1117/12.2672396 VL - 2023 IS - 12576 SP - 125760H-1 EP - 125760H-5 PB - SPIE ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hudec, René A1 - Pomahac, Vit A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Stanik, Eva A1 - Klaus, Schilling T1 - Space Telescopes based on Satellite Tandem Flights T2 - DGaO Jahrstagung N2 - Due to the recent progress in satellite control engineering, tandem flight arrangements of mini-satellites are currently in discussion and under consideration for future space missions. CubeSat technologies offer an interesting possibility for space-born telescope payloads based on this approach. In such a scenario, two small satellites will fly at a constant distance of a few meters up to 100 meters. Thereby, the front satellite will carry the telescope optics and the second satellite the detector system. Related formation flight requirements were addressed in the NetSat-Mission, composed of four 3U-CubeSats, launched 2020. Space technology challenges concern in particular orbit control by an appropriate propulsion system as well as precision attitude pointing towards the joint target, and could be transferred from the NetSat-mission to the proposed Tandem Mission. This will allow space-based telescopes with a long focal length even placed on board of small or miniature CubeSat-type satellites. Cost effective Kirkpatrick-Baez type X-ray telescopes represent an important application here as they have longer focal lengths compared to previous astronomical observatories using Wolter I type X-ray mirrors. N2 - Poster KW - Satellite KW - CubeSat KW - Tandem Flight KW - Astronomy KW - Telescope KW - Röntgenteleskop KW - Kleinsatellit Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.dgao-proceedings.de/abstract/abstract_only.php?id=2951 VL - 2023 SP - 1 EP - 1 PB - DGaO ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hudec, Rene A1 - Pomahač, Vit A1 - Stanik, Eva A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Schilling, Klaus T1 - Space Telescopes based on Satellite Tandem Flights T2 - DGaO Proceedings N2 - Progress in satellite control engineering enables tandem flight arrangements of mini-satellites in future space missions. Cost effective CubeSat technologies offer an interesting possibility for space-born telescope payloads. Two small satellites will carry the telescope optics and the detector system, respectively. Related formation flight requirements could be transferred from the NetSat-Mission. KW - Astronomy KW - CubeSat KW - Satellite KW - Tandem Flight KW - Telescope KW - Röntgenteleskop KW - Kleinsatellit Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.dgao-proceedings.de/download/124/124_p29.pdf SN - 1614-8436 VL - 2023 ER -