Novel pole-sitter mission concepts for continuous polar remote sensing

• Main Authors: Ceriotti, Matteo, Heiligers, Jeannette, McInnes, Colin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Mechanical engineering and machinery; Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics; Arctic; North Pole; Sitter; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/41266/; https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/41266/1/Ceriotti_M_et_al_Pure_Novel_pole_sitter_mission_concepts_for_continuous_polar_remoate_sensing_Oct_2012.pdf

The pole-sitter concept is a solution to the poor temporal resolution of polar observations from highly inclined, low Earth orbits and the poor high latitude coverage from geostationary orbit. It considers a spacecraft that is continuously above either the North or South Pole and, as such, can provi...