An optimal algorithm for pointing a steerable satellite spot beam is described. The optimality criterion considered is maximization of the number of Earth terminals covered. The computation time of the algorithm has been compared with a brute force algorithm through a series of Monte Carlo trials.


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    Title :

    A fast algorithm for optimal satellite spot beam pointing


    Contributors:
    Nichols, R.A. (author) / Moy, D.W. (author) / Pattay, R.S. (author)


    Publication date :

    1996-07-01


    Size :

    1162400 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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