Constellation design for earth observation based on the characteristics of the satellite ground track

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1740-1750

  Luo, Xin ^a   Wang, Maocai ^a   Dai, Guangming ^a   Song, Zhiming ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ground track analyses; Q value; Repeating sun synchronous orbit; Satellite constellation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC PUMPS; LAUNCHING; OBSERVATORIES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

CALCULATION TECHNIQUES; CONSTELLATION DESIGN; GROUND-TRACK; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; Q-VALUES; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS;

ORBITS;

EID: 85010300506     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: 18791948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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