WO2015160416A3 - Communication satellite system - Google Patents

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WO2015160416A3
WO2015160416A3 PCT/US2015/013941 US2015013941W WO2015160416A3 WO 2015160416 A3 WO2015160416 A3 WO 2015160416A3 US 2015013941 W US2015013941 W US 2015013941W WO 2015160416 A3 WO2015160416 A3 WO 2015160416A3
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satellite system
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Jan A. King
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/24—Guiding or controlling apparatus, e.g. for attitude control
    • B64G1/242—Orbits and trajectories
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/10—Artificial satellites; Systems of such satellites; Interplanetary vehicles
    • B64G1/1007—Communications satellites
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/10—Artificial satellites; Systems of such satellites; Interplanetary vehicles
    • B64G1/1085—Swarms and constellations

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Abstract

A method of providing satellite coverage to the Northern and Southern Polar Regions includes launching multiple satellites into orbit with each satellite's orbit moving in the direction of one of the poles. The satellites are sequentially launched into orbit at differing values of the argument of perigee (ω). Each launch is spaced apart in time by a predetermined amount. Each satellite has an elliptical orbit and an orbital inclination that causes an orbital drift rate such that, over time, the apogee of the elliptical orbit moves in the direction of one of the poles at a predetermined rate.
PCT/US2015/013941 2014-01-31 2015-01-30 Communication satellite system WO2015160416A2 (en)

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US20050178918A1 (en) * 1998-05-20 2005-08-18 Toshihide Maeda Communication system, communication receiving device and communication terminal in the system
US20070135040A1 (en) * 2005-12-12 2007-06-14 Draim John E Methods for effecting seamless handover and enhancing capacity in elliptical orbit satellite communications systems
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US3215365A (en) * 1963-04-30 1965-11-02 Wyatt Theodore Spacecraft propulsion concept
US20050178918A1 (en) * 1998-05-20 2005-08-18 Toshihide Maeda Communication system, communication receiving device and communication terminal in the system
US20030132350A1 (en) * 1999-07-09 2003-07-17 David Goldstein Orbit transfer vehicle with support services
US7720604B1 (en) * 2005-06-01 2010-05-18 Lockheed Martin Corporation Stationkeeping optimization for inclined elliptical satellite orbit constellations
US20070135040A1 (en) * 2005-12-12 2007-06-14 Draim John E Methods for effecting seamless handover and enhancing capacity in elliptical orbit satellite communications systems

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