Accession Number:
AD0757807
Title:
A System of Sixteen Synchronous Satellites for Worldwise Navigation and Surveillance.
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept. Jul 70-Jun 71,
Corporate Author:
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER CAMBRIDGE MASS
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1973-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
61.0
Abstract:
The report considers the orbital mechanics aspects of a system of satellites to be used for position determination of any point on or near the surface of the earth. Only satellites having a period of twenty-four hours are examined. No perturbing forces are taken into account. Three and four satellites are required to be visible at twenty and ten degrees elevation angles respectively. A system of sixteen satellites is described which has the required properties. Author
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Air Navigation and Guidance
- Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry