Mastering Satellite Coordination: Cédric Pralet on the Coverage Service Domino and Decision-Making in EO

Cédric Pralet, a researcher at ONERA, specializes in decision-making algorithms for satellite optimization and Earth observation. His work on the Coverage Service Domino within the DOMINO-E project focuses on efficiently dispatching observation requests across multiple satellite systems. By introducing a federation layer, DOMINO-E optimizes resources, reduces coverage time, and enhances flexibility, addressing complex societal needs like climate change monitoring and disaster response.

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Optimizing the Skies: Gauthier Picard on Revolutionizing Satellite Image Acquisition with AI

Interview with Gauthier Piccard, a Senior Research Scientist at ONERA and Co-Head of the Artificial Intelligence Lab. Piccard leverages AI and optimization algorithms in the Domino-E project to improve satellite image acquisition. By automating satellite coordination, his work ensures efficient and rapid image capture across large areas. Using AI-driven approaches, Piccard tackles complex scheduling and decision-making challenges, helping satellites work together to deliver high-quality data for critical missions like environmental monitoring and disaster response.

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Fostering Collaboration in Earth Observation: Introducing the Domino Architecture

Domino-E contributes to the Domino architecture, creating a novel way of cooperation in European Earth observation.   The Domino framework presents a groundbreaking approach to Earth observation (EO) by fostering a collaborative environment where industry and science work together throughout the entire development lifecycle, from initial concept to final validation of modular EO building blocks.…

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Domino-E at the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent System

ONERA’s Gauthier Picard presented his work at the AAMAS’24 in Auckland, New Zealand. Agent-based and multi-agent systems (MAS) in space offer a promising approach for modeling and solving distributed, complex and dynamic problems. Sample applications include multiple spacecraft operations and maintenance, onboard-ground coordination, mission simulation, multi-mission operation, autonomous navigation, and collective robotics. The Domino-E project…

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