Application of Latitude Stripe Division in Satellite Constellation Coverage to Ground

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Maocai ^a   Luo, Xin ^a   Dai, Guangming ^a   Chen, Xiaoyu ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PUMPS;

CLASSICAL METHODS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COVERAGE INTERVALS; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS; SIMULATION TIME; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS;

ORBITS;

EID: 85006152639     PISSN: 16875966     EISSN: 16875974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/4315026     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. R. Sandau, K. Brieß, M. D'Errico, "Small satellites for global coverage: potential, limits," ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 492-504, 2010.
2. D.-M. Ma, Z.-C. Hong, T.-H. Lee, B.-J. Chang, "Design of a micro-satellite constellation for communication," Acta Astronautica, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 54-59, 2013.
3. D. Mortari, M. De Sanctis, M. Lucente, "Design of flower constellations for telecommunication services," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 99, no. 11, pp. 2008-2019, 2011.
4. T. Tan, F. Yang, "Hj-1a/1b constellation orbit design," Spacecraft Engineering, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 27-30, 2009.
5. J. J. Morrison, "A system of sixteen synchronous satellites for worldwise navigation, surveillance," DTIC Document, 1973.
6. S. Wang, H. Cui, C. Han, "Constellation optimization design for hyper-horizon coverage vehicles," Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 109-114, 2013.
7. Y. Deng, C.-M. Wang, Z.-Z. Zhang, "Analysis on coverage performance of staring sensors infrared LEO constellation," Journal of Astronautics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 123-128, 2011.
8. J. G. Walker, "Some circular orbit patterns providing continuous whole earth coverage," Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 369-384, 1971.
9. A. H. Ballard, "Rosette constellations of earth satellites," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace, Electronic Systems, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 656-673, 1980.
10. G. Palmerini, "Design of global coverage constellations based on elliptical orbits," in Proceedings of the Astrodynamics Conference, San Diego, Calif, USA, July 1996.
11. Y. P. Ulybyshev, "Design of satellite constellations with continuous coverage on elliptic orbits of Molniya type," Cosmic Research, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 310-321, 2009.
12. L. Rider, "Optimized polar orbit constellations for redundant earth coverage," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 147-161, 1985.
13. W. S. Adams, L. Rider, "Circular polar constellations providing continuous single or multiple coverage above a specified latitude," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 155-192, 1987.
14. Z. Song, G. Dai, M. Wang, L. Peng, "The fast simulation algorithmfor solving area coverage problemof satellite constellation," Aerospace Control, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 65-70, 2014.
15. M. Xu, L. Huang, "An analytic algorithm for global coverage of the revisiting orbit, its application to the CFOSAT satellite," Astrophysics, Space Science, vol. 352, no. 2, pp. 497-502, 2014.
16. G. Taini, A. Pietropaolo, A. Notarantonio, "Criteria, trade-offs for LEO orbit design," in Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AC '08), pp. 1-11, Big Sky, Mont, USA, March 2008.
17. R. J. Boain, A-b-cs of Sun-synchronous Orbit Mission Design, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics, Space Administration, Pasadena, Calif, USA, 2004.
18. D. Casey, J. B. Way, "Orbit selection for the EOS mission, its synergism implications," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience, Remote Sensing, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 822-835, 1991.
19. B. Saboori, A. M. Bidgoli, B. Saboori, "Multiobjective optimization in repeating sun-synchronous orbits design for remote-sensing satellites," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 27, no. 5, 2014.
20. C. Circi, E. Ortore, F. Bunkheila, "Satellite constellations in sliding ground track orbits," Aerospace Science, Technology, vol. 39, pp. 395-402, 2014.