Title :
A new mobile satellite communication constellation for Chinese area
Author :
Jiafu, He ; Jiuyin, Wu ; Yifei, Ma
Author_Institution :
Nanjing Inst. of Commun. Eng., China
Abstract :
This paper, from the characteristics of the mobile satellite ground track, discusses a method for the design of mobile satellite constellations with common ground track, and also uses the method on the China area design by way of computer simulation and a specialized satellite communication tool. By choosing the satellite orbit period as one fourth of the sidereal day, the eccentricity as 0.158, the orbital plane inclination as 63.4 degrees, only 8 common ground track (CGT) satellites can cover China almost seamlessly, while the average elevation angle is greater than 50 degrees
Keywords :
mobile satellite communication; telecommunication network planning; China; common ground track satellites; computer simulation; design; mobile satellite communication constellation; satellite communication tool; Artificial satellites; Computer simulation; Design engineering; Design methodology; Earth; Helium; Mobile computing; Satellite communication; Satellite constellations; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Technology Proceedings, 2000. WCC - ICCT 2000. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6394-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCT.2000.890876
