Chinese Space Science and Technology ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 10-.doi: 10.3780/j.issn.1000-758X.2015.03.002

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DesignonIGSOConstellationwithSimpleSolarArrayPointingStrategy

JINGYaoxiang,HOUFen,TONGJincheng   

  1. InstituteofTelecommunicationSatellite,ChinaAcademyofSpaceTechnology,Beijing100094
  • Received:2014-10-25 Revised:2015-02-28 Published:2015-06-25 Online:2015-06-25

Abstract: BasedontheGEOsatellites,anespecialIGSOconstellationwaspresentedfortheglobaltelecommunicationconstellation.Toreducethecomplexityandthecostofthesatellitedevelopment,thecontrolmodewhichtheGEOsatelliteadoptedtocontrolthesolararrays′pointingwasusedinthisIGSOconstellation.SimulationresultsshowthatthiskindofIGSOconstellationnotonlycanrealizemonooverlayorpolaroverlay,butalsocanachieve95%oftheglobaltelecommunicationoverlaybyonly3IGSOsatellitesassociatedwith3GEOsatellites.

Key words: IGSO, Solararray, Pointingcontrol, Telecommunication, Globaloverlay, Constellation