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The Planning Problem

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In this chapter, we discuss key concepts for designing a mission planning system for a satellite mission. This includes in particular the GSOC modelling language for planning problems which will be illustrated by various example use cases from current missions at the German Space Operations Center (GSOC).

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Lenzen, C., Prüfer, S. (2022). The Planning Problem. In: Sellmaier, F., Uhlig, T., Schmidhuber, M. (eds) Spacecraft Operations. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88593-9_15

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