How Tasks are Accepted and Scheduled

When a user submits a task, the order's area-of-interest (AOI) and the capture parameters are passed to Albedo's Order Feasibility System. The Order Feasibility System then performs an analysis of when the order's AOI is accessible within the specified acquisition time window.

For any potential collection opportunities, the satellite's orientation and the sun's orientation relative to the AOI are computed and compared to the constraints provided by the user. If all constraints are satisfied Albedo's Order Feasibility System then calculates the probability of the spacecraft having the capacity to collect the image at the calculated time of access.

• If that probability is high enough, the order is considered feasible and the user's submission of that order is accepted. During the next scheduler run, the submitted order becomes a candidate for scheduling.
• If the probability is too low, the order is considered infeasible and the user's submission is rejected. The user should consider re-submitting the task with less constrained parameters to increase their chance of order acceptance.