Characteristics and Applications of Common-Track Constellation in One Orbit Plane

• 作者: LIN Xiaoxiong QI Yu LI Xingang HOU Fenglong PEI Shengwei
• 来源期刊: 中国航天（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（4）
• 所属期刊栏目: SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OF SPACECRAFT
• 页码范围: 12-20
• 页数: 9页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-0940.2021.04.002

摘要

Common-track constellation is a special kind of constellation,all ground tracks of satellites are in one track.With recursive orbit or quasi-recursive orbit,the ground track of the constellation is a closed loop with a repeating track.In particular,if the constellation is in one orbit plane,the constellation can meet the requirement for a multi-sat-ellite launch mission and fast satellite-satellite link establishment.The characteristics and coverage properties of a com-mon-track constellation in one orbit plane are studied in this paper.The simulation results show that a common-track constellation in one orbit plane can provide favorable coverage to a target station in the polar areas.