Title :
Conceptual changes by use of near space
Author :
Ozdemir, Mehmet Cevat
Author_Institution :
Turkish Air War Coll., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
There are different opinions about the boundary of the space, the concept of near space as a new term enters into literature. Advances on the near space platforms, to overcome limitations in existing data systems, have the potential to obtain cost-effective systems. As a result of the developments in space technology, because satellite systems have continuous data transfer failure to target regions and the high costs of satellite systems, there are cost-effective near space platforms designed to transmit data continuously to battle field. Unmanned platforms positioned at the near space by means of more operational space systems have been developed on a continuous data transfer, providing more cost-effective information. These systems can stay in the air more than best-known Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Because there is a trend that conventional wars leaving their place to irregular warfare, close to real-time data transfer is crucial in terms of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance operations. The effect of near space systems on the concept of operational space usage as literature research; a comparison between near space platforms satellite and UAVs has been done in this paper.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; autonomous aerial vehicles; UAV; continuous data transfer; cost-effective systems; data transfer failure; near space platforms; satellite systems; unmanned air vehicles; unmanned aircraft system; Aerospace electronics; Force; Reconnaissance; Satellites; Space missions; Space vehicles; Surveillance; Near Space; Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Unmanned Air Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2013 IEEE/AIAA 32nd
Conference_Location :
East Syracuse, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1536-1
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2013.6712573