Low cost satellite constellations for nearly continuous global coverage

Lake A. Singh; William R. Whittecar; Marc D. DiPrinzio; Jonathan D. Herman; Matthew P. Ferringer; Patrick M. Reed

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13865-0

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Low cost satellite constellations for nearly continuous global coverage

Lake A. Singh,
William R. Whittecar,
Marc D. DiPrinzio,
Jonathan D. Herman,
Matthew P. Ferringer,
Patrick M. Reed

Affiliations

Lake A. Singh: GEOINT Innovations Office, The Aerospace Corporation
William R. Whittecar: Performance Modeling and Analysis Department, The Aerospace Corporation
Marc D. DiPrinzio: Mission Analysis and Operations Department, The Aerospace Corporation
Jonathan D. Herman: Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California
Matthew P. Ferringer: National Geospatial Programs, The Aerospace Corporation
Patrick M. Reed: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13865-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Telecommunication, navigation and remote sensing services are highly dependent on how well satellites provide global coverage. Here the authors show a pair of four-satellite low-cost longer-life constellations that provide nearly continuous global coverage to support Earth observation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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