The growth trend in telecommunications is such as to lead to a crowding of the geostationary orbit and to remarkable increases in the satellite dimensions to satisfy payload requirements. This joined with increases of the costs and risk factors, is producing the study and the development of opportune alternatives. To make the use of the geostationary orbits more efficient, several satellites could be colocated at the same longitude deadband. The increase in the satellite capacity will soon lead to exceed the capability of present and planned launch vehicles. To avoid this, the concept of the satellite cluster proposes to divide the payload into several parts, and for each of them to design and develop an adequate satellite. It is possible to guess that the evolution of spaceborne communication system will have a direct impact upon the station keeping strategy. A coordinate station keeping strategy to maintain more than one satellites cluster in the same window is proposed.
Eccentricity Control Strategy for Coordinated Station Keeping
1991
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
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