A communication satellite flies in an orbit with an orbital inclination θi deg and is equipped with a communication device having a visual field change range of ±θi deg around a Z axis with respect to a +X axis, where a +Z axis direction is geocentric direction and a +X axis direction is forwarding direction. When passing the right ascension of ascending node, the communication satellite performs communication with a communication satellite flying on the north side of an equatorial plane in an orbit that is adjacent in a longitude direction of a normal vector of an orbital plane of the orbit. Thus, even when adjacent orbits are laterally changed at the northern extremities of orbital planes, a communication circuit between the communication satellite and the communication satellite does not break.


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    Title :

    COMMUNICATION SATELLITE, SATELLITE CONSTELLATION, INTER-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHOD, ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE, AND GROUND FACILITY


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    Publication date :

    2024-07-04


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung