Title :
HEO constellation design for tactical communications
Author :
Cavallaro, Gabriele ; Pham-Minh, D. ; Bousquet, M.
Author_Institution :
Aeronaut. & Space Syst., ISAE, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
The purpose of this document is the definition and the assessment of a new low-altitude HEO satellite constellation to support tactical communications on high latitude theatres. This includes both low bit rate personal mobile communications and short and long range broadband communications (UAVs, inter-connection to commandment center). The characteristics of low altitude HEO orbit are detailed and tradeoffs leading to the definition of the best constellation are presented; Time to launch and set up the constellation is assessed in order to optimize the system responsiveness.
Keywords :
Earth orbit; broadband networks; height measurement; military communication; satellite communication; UAV; high latitude theatre; long range broadband communication; low altitude HEO orbit; low bit rate personal mobile communication; low-altitude HEO satellite constellation design; short range broadband communication; tactical communication; Approximation methods; Earth; Mobile communication; Orbits; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite constellations; Satellites; HEO; communication system; mobile communication; satellite constellation;
Conference_Titel :
Satellite Telecommunications (ESTEL), 2012 IEEE First AESS European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4687-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4686-3
DOI :
10.1109/ESTEL.2012.6400126
