HEO constellation design for tactical communications

Author

Cavallaro, Gabriele ; Pham-Minh, D. ; Bousquet, M.

Author_Institution

Aeronaut. & Space Syst., ISAE, Toulouse, France

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The purpose of this document is the definition and the assessment of a new low-altitude HEO satellite constellation to support tactical communications on high latitude theatres. This includes both low bit rate personal mobile communications and short and long range broadband communications (UAVs, inter-connection to commandment center). The characteristics of low altitude HEO orbit are detailed and tradeoffs leading to the definition of the best constellation are presented; Time to launch and set up the constellation is assessed in order to optimize the system responsiveness.

Keywords

Earth orbit; broadband networks; height measurement; military communication; satellite communication; UAV; high latitude theatre; long range broadband communication; low altitude HEO orbit; low bit rate personal mobile communication; low-altitude HEO satellite constellation design; short range broadband communication; tactical communication; Approximation methods; Earth; Mobile communication; Orbits; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite constellations; Satellites; HEO; communication system; mobile communication; satellite constellation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Satellite Telecommunications (ESTEL), 2012 IEEE First AESS European Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4687-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4686-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESTEL.2012.6400126

Filename

6400126