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A method of satellite constellations orbital construction
for operational global monitoring problem solution
© А.А. Lysenko, S.Yu. Ulybyshev
Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics,
Moscow, 115487, Russia
The article presents analytical calculations and numerical modeling results in the selec-
tion of optimal satellite constellations construction for operational global monitoring.
The article describes a method of satellite constellations construction orbital, the method
ensuring maximum break minimization in the observation of any point on the Earth's
surface for given survey characteristics from the spacecraft. We compared the results
obtained by different authors determining the maximum break minimization values in
observation for operational satellite constellations global monitoring for a given appa-
ratus number in the constellation and their survey characteristics. We showed that the
described methodology application for the satellite constellations construction, taking
into account onboard equipment specified characteristics, makes it possible to reduce the
problem to a one-parameter search for the best constellation system configuration from
the latitude argument of the satellites in it, and determine longitude of the ascending
node analytically. The obtained results make it possible to simplify the methodology for
searching the optimal satellite constellation configuration for a periodic global survey.
Keywords:
spacecraft, satellite constellation, operational global monitoring, one-route
satellite constellations, a break in the observation, inter-track offset, longitude of the as-
cending node
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