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Location strategies for satellites' orbits
Author(s) -
Drezner Zvi
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6750(198810)35:5<503::aid-nav3220350513>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - satellite , geodesy , orbit (dynamics) , computer science , space (punctuation) , remote sensing , aerospace engineering , geography , physics , astronomy , engineering , operating system
We investigate the problem of covering a given area (or the whole globe) by moving satellites in space. The objective is to find patterns of satellites' orbits that assure the presence of at least one satellite above any prespecified area at all times.