THE COMPUTATION OF SATELLITE CONSTELLATION RANGE CHARACTERISTICS

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	THE COMPUTATION OF SATELLITE CONSTELLATION RANGE CHARACTERISTICS
	K. J. Gordon
	1994
语种	英语
英文摘要	A new, original algorithm is presented to specify a satellite subsystem design range by its host satellite's orbit and constellation. Current methodologies for range specification are either based on analysis of a single satellite, which is overly conservative, or full simulation, which can be unnecessarily timeconsuming. The new algorithm proposed allows for the exact specification of the minimum required subsystem design range. The calculations which comprise this algorithm are based on the satellite constellation and the types of coverage desired. The reduction of design range can save costs associated with virtually all satellite subsystems which interact with other elements in space or on the ground. By specifying this range precisely, expensive overdesign is avoided, thus reducing the projected system cost. As the weight of a sensor or antenna can be crudely approximated as proportional to the square of the design range, reducing this range even slightly can have dramatic weight (and therefore cost) savings, in some cases by as much as 50%.
内容类型	其他
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/1331
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	K. J. Gordon. THE COMPUTATION OF SATELLITE CONSTELLATION RANGE CHARACTERISTICS. 1994-01-01.