Constellation sizing for non-GEO ‘Earth-fixed cell’ satellite systems

16th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 768-778

  Restrepo, Joaquin ^a,b,c   Maral, Gérard ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^b Programs Nacionalde Cienciay Tecnología del Mar   (Colombia)

^c TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Constellation sizing; Earth fixed cell; Nongeo satellites; Satellite fixed cell1; Station keeping

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; CYTOLOGY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

CIRCULAR ORBIT; CONSTELLATION SIZES; CONSTELLATION SIZING; ELEVATION ANGLE; NON-GEO SATELLITES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM; SATELLITE SYSTEM; STATION KEEPING;

ORBITS;

EID: 0002397889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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