# Trusted Autonomous Operations of Distributed Satellite Systems Using Optical Sensors +
## 4 Results and Discussion
Taking all of these factors into account, Angola is factored into our analysis and the results are shown in Figure 11. In conclusion, there is a decrease in performance in the African site, which reflects a value for SWAP\({}_{\text{T}}\) that is 75.6944%. This is due to the geographical position of Angola on the globe (the distance between spacecraft is maximum when close to the equator). Europe, the island of Sardinia, which is located in Italy, is home to a significant number of urban interfaces, recreational values, and highly valued agricultural areas, all of which are in danger of being destroyed by severe wildfires due to the island's large population density. The majority of the fires that occur on these islands are started by individuals and can be traced back to human negligence, agricultural and pastoral land use, as well as intentional argon. Based on the collected data from 1995 to 2009, the island of Sardinia has an annual average of 2219 fires, and the size of each fire is on average 7 ha. Each year, wildfires consume an area that is equivalent to 16,601 hectares on average, with the largest fire ever recorded consuming 9029 hectares. While fires larger than 50 ha make up only 1.8% of all fires (or about 40 per year), they are responsible for 68.7% of the total annual area that is burned [65; 66]. In accordance with the results of the simulation  
Figure 11: Africa: (**a**) system-wide access status; (**b**) system-wide access status with reconfiguration. Figure 10: Australia: (**a**) system-wide access status; (**b**) system-wide access status with reconfiguration. as shown in Figure 12, with the capability of reconfiguration, the SWAPT percentage is 98.889%, which provides real-time/near-real-time monitoring over the region in the event that a wildfire is detected. North America  
The western United States is facing a growing threat from wildfires fuelled by synergies between historical fire suppression efforts, shifting land use, insects and disease, and climate shifts that are becoming drier and warmer. In the United States, wildfires, which are the most significant form of natural disturbance in temperate forest ecosystems, affect an average of 4500 km\({}^{2}\) each year. Communities and land managers in areas at risk of wildfire have an immediate need for mitigation strategies to lower the likelihood of wildfires and adaptation strategies to improve the resilience of ecosystems in the face of changing weather patterns and fire patterns. One of the regions that has been impacted is the rugged terrain of north-east Oregon, whose economies have traditionally been dependent on the region's forests and other natural resources. For the purpose of this research work, the Oregon region has been chosen, and after conducting the analysis, we determined that the SWAPT is 97.0833% as shown in Figure 13, which guarantees continuous coverage over that AOI. Table 4 displays, for the purposes of nadir pointing and reconfiguration, the system-wide access that is available for four distinct AOI. From Figures 10-13, one can see how drastically different the two scenarios are from one another. The latitude and longitude coordinates of the four AOI that were chosen are presented in World Geodetic System (WGS84) format. The full simulation was run for a duration of 21,600 s, which is equivalent to 6 hours, and the results of the respective system-wide access with nadir pointing and with reconfiguration are provided. Because the cameras are firmly attached to the satellites, each satellite needs to be continually reoriented (i.e., manipulated using the on-board actuators) along its orbit such that its yaw axis tracks the location of the area of interest (AOI). Figure 12: Italy: (**a**) system-wide access status; (**b**) system-wide access status with reconfiguration. Figure 13: USA: (**a**) system-wide access status; (**b**) system-wide access status with reconfiguration.