Coordinated flight allows the replacement of a single monolithic spacecraft
with multiple smaller ones, based on the principle of distributed systems. According
to the mission objectives and in order to ensure a safe relative motion, constraints
on the relative distances need to be satisfied. Initially, differential perturbations are
limited by proper orbit design. Then, the induced differential drifts can be properly
handled through corrective maneuvers. In this work several designs are surveyed,
defining the initial configuration of a group of spacecraft while counteracting the
differential perturbations. For each of the investigated designs, focus is placed upon
the number of deployable spacecraft and on the possibility to ensure safe relative
motion through station keeping of the initial configuration, with particular attention
to the required DV budget and the constraints violations
