A method and apparatus are provided for determining a schedule for a contact between a ground segment and a space segment. The ground segment comprises multiple ground stations, each ground station having one or more antennas, such that the overall number of ground station antennas in the ground segment is (Nant), and the space segment comprises a constellation of satellites in orbit, in which the number of satellites is (Nsat). The method comprises selecting a subset of no more than Nant satellites from the Nsat satellites for contact at a given epoch with the ground segment; and allocating each of the selected Nant satellites to the Nant antennas in a one-to-one relationship at the given epoch. The selecting of the subset of no more than Nant satellites from the Nsat satellites comprises determining a subset of the Nant satellites that has maximum spatial diversity.
Method and apparatus for determining a schedule for contact with a constellation of satellites
2020-02-04
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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