Abstract Satellite navigation constellations orbit the Earth in medium and geosynchronous orbits. Their high altitude provides wide coverage, which may be redundant if only regional coverage is needed. In this paper, a design scheme for regional navigation satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit is proposed. The design yields long coverage durations, which are characterized by a minimized Geometric Dilution of Precision (GDOP), with respect to a predefined mid-latitude receiver. The proposed constellations are defined for various combinations of the following parameters: Repeat Ground-Track commensurability, receiver latitude, number of satellites, and internal satellite arrangement. Optimal constellations, with respect to the GDOP integral, are searched, design guidelines are set up, and a mathematical model is fitted. The proposed constellations provide GDOP-optimized coverage durations, recurring twice each day. The results include numerical solutions for prograde near-polar constellations in altitudes ranging between 550 and 870 km, with receivers positioned at latitudes from 30° to 60°, and number of satellites ranging from 13 to 36. The average coverage duration varies from 20 to 80 min, with a mean GDOP ranging from 2.5 to 3.


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    Titel :

    Low Earth orbit satellite constellation for regional positioning with prolonged coverage durations


    Beteiligte:
    Shtark, Tomer (Autor:in) / Gurfil, Pini (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 63 , 8 ; 2469-2494


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-01-05


    Format / Umfang :

    26 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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