Title :
An Investigation into Availability Percentage of Non-Geostationary Satellites
Author :
Danesfahani, Reza ; Moghadasi, Mohammad Naser ; Sharifkhani, Fatemeh
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Kashan Univ.
Abstract :
A package has been developed to assist investigation of the availability percentage of non-geostationary satellites. The package is general and can be used to simulate the availability percentage for all regions on both sides of the equatorial orbit. Further, the availability percentage for any specific country can be determined. The availability percentage time of Globalstar, Iridium and Molniya constellations are simulated with this package for different points on Earth
Keywords :
artificial satellites; celestial mechanics; Earth; Globalstar constellation; Iridium constellation; Molniya constellation; availability percentage; equatorial orbit; nongeostationary satellites; Algorithm design and analysis; Availability; Genetic algorithms; Global communication; Low earth orbit satellites; Packaging; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite constellations; Simulated annealing; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
Conference_Location :
Damascus
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9521-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684800
