Mission Design & Implementation of Satellite Constellations: Proceedings of an International Workshop, held in Toulouse, France, November 1997

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Towards an Integrated Space System....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Design Guidelines for Post-2000 Constellations....Pages 11-21
Satellite Constellation Design: Searching for Global Cost-Efficiency Trade-Offs....Pages 23-31
A Generalized Analysis Methodology for Distributed Satellite Systems....Pages 33-49
A Comparison of Satellite Constellations for Continuous Global Coverage....Pages 51-62
Constellations for High Elevation Angles....Pages 63-79
Hybrid Configurations for Satellite Constellations....Pages 81-89
The Skymed/Cosmo Project....Pages 91-96
Back Matter....Pages 97-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Mission Design of the ORBCOMM Constellation....Pages 103-112
Launching and Building the IRIDIUM® Constellation....Pages 113-121
Optimization of the ELLIPSO™ and ELLIPSO 2G™ Personal Communications Systems....Pages 123-131
The Skybridge Constellation Design....Pages 133-140
The West Project: An Hybrid Constellation Dedicated to the Ubiquitous Access of the ‘Information Society’....Pages 141-151
A Teledesic Space Infrastructure Overview....Pages 153-156
Back Matter....Pages 157-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Constellation Studies for Future Navigation System....Pages 163-168
Satellite Constellation Design for Navigation Needs....Pages 169-177
Transition Phase for a New Navigation System Based on a Constellation of LEO Satellites....Pages 179-189
KEOPS: Krystal European in Orbit Positioning System....Pages 191-195
COMRING — A Constellation of Small Satellites for Real-Time Data Relay....Pages 197-206
Dial-A-Satellite: First Results from a Feasibility Study....Pages 207-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
An Optimal Orbit Control Strategy for the Archimedes Mission....Pages 225-235
Orbit Design Analysis for Remote Sensing Satellite Constellations....Pages 237-242
Enhanced Formation Flying for the New Millennium and Mission to Planet Earth Progams....Pages 243-254
Autonomous Orbit Determination and Control in Constellations of Satellites....Pages 255-261
Autonomous Constellation Maintenance....Pages 263-273
Automated Station-Keeping for Satellite Constellations....Pages 275-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-302
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Monitoring Objects in Space with the U.S. Space Surveillance Network....Pages 305-315
Orbital Debris Collision Risks to Satellite Constellations....Pages 317-326
Interaction of the Satellite Constellations with the Low Earth Orbit Debris Environment....Pages 327-335
Determination of Close Approaches for Constellations of Satellites....Pages 337-345
The ‘Terminator Tether’: An Efficient Mechanism for End-of-Life Deorbit of Constellation Spacecraft....Pages 347-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Orion — A Constellation Mission Analysis Tool....Pages 373-393
A Workshop for Constellation Dimensioning in CNES....Pages 395-401
An Integrated Software System for Constellation Mission Analysis....Pages 403-410
Performance Analysis Tools for Constellations of Navigation Satellites....Pages 411-418
Application of Computer Modelling to Assess Constellation Performance....Pages 419-429
Mission Planning for Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation....Pages 431-437
Back Matter....Pages 439-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Concluding Remarks....Pages 443-445
Back Matter....Pages 446-457