This paper presents an implementation of predictive functional control for imagebased satellite attitude control. The approach considers Low Earth Orbit small satellites equipped with an on-board camera for interactive Earth observation. The control goal is to keep a target on the Earth surface in the satellite’s camera field of view during orbiting of the satellite above the target. The contro...

The development of analytical software for big Earth observation data faces several challenges. Designers need to balance between conflicting factors. Solutions that are efficient specific hardware architectures can not be used in other environments. Packages work on generic and open standards will have the same performance as dedicated solutions. Software assumes its users computer programmers...

Earth imaging satellites are a crucial part of our everyday lives that enable global tracking industrial activities. Use cases span many applications, from weather forecasting to digital maps, carbon footprint tracking, and vegetation monitoring. However, there limitations; difficult manufacture, expensive maintain, tricky launch into orbit. Therefore, must be employed efficiently. This poses c...

Over the past several decades, as sensor technology has improved, spatial resolution of satellite images been steadily improving [...]

We present a general approach for solving Constraint Optimization Problems. A Tabu Search is performed on a well-designed Consistent Neighbourhood built using Constraint Programming. After each variable assignment, the conflicting variables are deleted to maintain the consistency of the instantiated constraints. Hence, instead of allowing infeasible moves on complete configurations, it works on...