Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Spacecraft formation – orbit – or interplanetary path
Patent
1985-07-31
1989-03-07
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path
B64G 110
Patent
active
048099350
ABSTRACT:
Satellite hemispheric and global coverage with a minimum number of satellites includes a three-satellite elliptic orbit constellation covering the entire Northern (or Southern) Hemisphere and a four-satellite constellation giving continuous global coverage.
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