Investigation for determining minimum number required to provide given percentages of communication time between any 2 ground stations; study is limited to geometrical and probability aspects; sample application is for assumed transatlantic communication link; satellites are considered to be in circular, randomly spaced orbits with fixed inclination angles and altitudes ranging from 1000 to 5000 statute mi.
Determination of required number of randomly spaced communication satellites
NASA -- Tech Note
1961
29 pages
Report
English
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