An Optimization Approach to the Planning of Earth Observing Satellites

Nicola Bianchessi
bianchessi@dti.unimi.it  
Vincenzo Piuri
piuri@dti.unimi.it  
Giovanni Righini
righini@dti.unimi.it  
Manuel Roveri
roveri@dti.unimi.it  
Giovanni Laneve
laneve@ssi.it  
Antonio Zigrino
zigrino@ssi.it  


Abstract


We describe a complex optimization problem related to the COSMO-SkyMed project for the observation of the Earth surface through a constellation of satellites equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar instruments. We describe the optimization problem and we present some algorithms we have tested.

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