OPTIMUM SATELLITE DISPENSING VELOCITIES FOR AN EQUATORIAL HIGH ALTI
Abstract
Studies were made of the advantages of a communication system employing many active satellites in high altitude (15,000 to 30,000 miles) unsynchronized equatorial orbis over 24-hour synchronous and unsynchronized medium altitude orbits. The high altitudes provide: much better ground coverage than medium altitudes, low ground ANTENNA TRACKING RATES, LONG SATELLITE VISIBILITY PERIODS THUS AVOIDING THE RAPID GROUND ANTENNA SWITCHING REQUIRED WITH A MEDIUM ALTITUDE SYSTEM, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LAUNCHING MANY OF THESE SIMPLE LONG LIFE SATELLITES WITH A SINGLE BOOSTER INSTEAD OF A SINGLE VERY COMPLICATED SYNCHRONIZED SATELLITE. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 05, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0292995
Entities
People
- W. E. Morrow Jr
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology