Design of satellite constellations with continuous coverage on elliptic orbits of Molniya type

Cosmic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 310-321

  Ulybyshev, Yu P ^a  

^a S P KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 70350001993     PISSN: 00109525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0010952509040066     Document Type: Article

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