An Auction Algorithm for Optimal Satellite Refueling

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2005-11-10Author
Salazar, Alexandros
Tsiotras, Panagiotis
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Satellite refueling can extend the lifetime of satellite constellations. Peer-to-peer satellite
refueling in particular has the potential to make the most efficient use of the fuel contained in
the constellation by redistributing it as on a need-to basis. In this paper we present an alternative
implementation of P2P refueling, namely pairing up fuel sufficient satellites with fuel deficient
satellites so that they can refuel each other and guarantee that each satellite has more than a
certain baseline amount of fuel. To solve this problem we make use of the auction algorithm,
which is implemented in a distributed context. Asynchronous bids have been used to illustrate
the robustness of the algorithm.
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