The concept of using clusters of microsatellites to replace large monolithic satellites is a relatively new idea. With this new concept, comes many new challenges to develop technologies that allow secure, intelligent information sharing between the microsatellites, the uplink/downlink communication with ground and external data sources. The overall system becomes more complex with the addition of multiple, input/output heterogeneous data sources that must receive, analyze and react efficiently and effectively to the analysis results. This results in massive amounts of information sharing with, as of yet, very little automation in handling, analysis, inter-intra communication and provide decision-making.
Keywords: Intelligent Agent, Data Fusion, Data Mining, Satellite Cluster, Situation Assessment, Statistical Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Probabilistic Rea
