ON THE LOGICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE AND COMMUNICATION NETS,

Abstract

This report establishes criteria for the formation of global surveillance and communication nets and synthesizes some practical examples of these nets. Four properties are postulated which supply all of the necessary and sufficient conditions for the formation of nets. Certain lower bounds are obtained for the numbers of satellites and/or ground stations necessary for establishing worldwide surveillance and communication capability. It is shown that nets can be obtained which are competitive with orbital systems providing only surveillance of the globe. Trade-offs between the number of ground stations and the number and altitude of satellites in a net are discussed at length. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1964
Accession Number
AD0437121

Entities

People

  • B. H. Billik
  • H. L. Roth

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Ground Stations
  • Stations
  • Surveillance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites