Design of global coverage constellations based on elliptical orbits

Astrodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 589-594

  Palmerini, Giovanni B ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

CONSTELLATION DESIGN; ELLIPTIC ORBIT; ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; GLOBAL COVERAGE; HYBRID CONSTELLATIONS; INTERESTING POINTS; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS;

ORBITS;

EID: 84983156657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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