Design of a micro-satellite constellation for communication

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-59

  Ma, Der Ming ^a   Hong, Zuu Chang ^a   Lee, Tzung Hang ^a   Chang, Bo Jyun ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication satellites; Constellation design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS; CONSTELLATION DESIGN; INCLINATION ANGLES; LOW EARTH ORBIT CONSTELLATIONS; MICRO SATELLITE; ORBIT ALTITUDE; SATELLITE ORBIT;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

ORBITS;

EID: 84869083795     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.04.037     Document Type: Article

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