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Optimized Design of an Integrated Cislunar Communication, Navigation, and Domain Awareness System of Systems.

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Title: Optimized Design of an Integrated Cislunar Communication, Navigation, and Domain Awareness System of Systems.
Authors: Duffy, Laura1 (AUTHOR) laura.duffy23@alumni.colostate.edu, Adams, Jim1 (AUTHOR), Sega, Ronald M.1 (AUTHOR), Palmerini, Giovanni1 (AUTHOR) giovanni.palmerini@uniroma1.it
Source: International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 8/13/2025, p1-12. 12p.
Subject Terms: *NAVIGATION, *SYSTEM of systems, *STRUCTURAL optimization, *MACHINE-to-machine communications, *SITUATIONAL awareness, *PARETO optimum, *NATURAL satellites
Abstract: This paper presents a process for designing an integrated system of systems architecture applied to cislunar space. A needs analysis reveals that critical operations in cislunar space require communication, navigation, and domain awareness functions. These functions are used to design a trade space of physical constellations for evaluation. Payloads are designed for each of the functions to meet the requirements of cislunar space operations. Each payload–constellation combination is evaluated for cost and performance, where performance is measured as transmitter coverage, though future analysis can incorporate additional metrics using the same process. All the resulting architectures are then optimized to find the low‐cost, high‐performance Pareto‐optimal options. The Pareto‐optimal architectures are evaluated using evidential reasoning to find the optimal cislunar architecture. The optimal cislunar architecture results in a Moon‐ and Earth‐based architecture for communications and space domain awareness and a Lagrangian architecture for navigation. This process can be applied to similar system of systems to design, evaluate, and optimize the architecture. This paper is derived from the author's dissertation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This paper presents a process for designing an integrated system of systems architecture applied to cislunar space. A needs analysis reveals that critical operations in cislunar space require communication, navigation, and domain awareness functions. These functions are used to design a trade space of physical constellations for evaluation. Payloads are designed for each of the functions to meet the requirements of cislunar space operations. Each payload–constellation combination is evaluated for cost and performance, where performance is measured as transmitter coverage, though future analysis can incorporate additional metrics using the same process. All the resulting architectures are then optimized to find the low‐cost, high‐performance Pareto‐optimal options. The Pareto‐optimal architectures are evaluated using evidential reasoning to find the optimal cislunar architecture. The optimal cislunar architecture results in a Moon‐ and Earth‐based architecture for communications and space domain awareness and a Lagrangian architecture for navigation. This process can be applied to similar system of systems to design, evaluate, and optimize the architecture. This paper is derived from the author's dissertation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:16875966
DOI:10.1155/ijae/5560405