Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Spacecraft formation – orbit – or interplanetary path
Patent
1998-11-12
2000-07-04
Carone, Michael J.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path
244173, 342352, 455 121, B64G 100, H04B 7185
Patent
active
060826770
ABSTRACT:
Achieved herein is a satellite capable of readily obtaining in a short time span a continuous image of the whole earth by a single unit of the satellite alone, the westward equatorial satellite being an artificial satellite having thereon an image pickup means for picking up an image of the earth and having a circular orbit toward west at an altitude of about 13,942 km above the equator of the earth. Also provided is a meteorological satellite system capable of avoiding noncontinuousness between geostationary meteorological satellites, of readily performing reciprocity data calibration between the geostationary meteorological satellites and of adding a standby function to such geostationary meteorological satellites, by combining a westward equatorial satellite having a circular orbit toward west at an altitude of about 13,942 km above the equator of the earth into a meteorological satellite system employing five units of geostationary meteorological satellites.
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Carone Michael J.
French III Fredrick T.
National Space Development Agency of Japan
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