STATISTICS OF SATELLITES THAT ARE LAUNCHED AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND HAVE AN EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIFETIMES

Abstract

This note describes a method for computing the answers to the following questions concerning the satellites described in the title: (a) What is the probability of having m live satellites in orbit immediately after the nth launch. (b) What is the probability of having m live satellites in orbit for the first time immediately after the nth launch. Question (b) arises, for example, when the task of putting up an initial set of m communication satellites is considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 1959
Accession Number
AD0607368

Entities

People

  • G. F. Rose
  • V. Rojansky

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Equations
  • Hard Copy
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Sequences
  • Space Systems
  • Transitions
  • United States

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites