DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE GROUND COVERAGE OF A HYBRID SPACE SYSTEM

摘要

A telecommunications system, intended for the intermittent transfer of data from and to at least one surface terminal associated with a user on the ground, comprises at least one means for repeating signals passing above the surface of the celestial body. Each scrolling repeating means comprises at least one antenna forming a ground track on the surface of the celestial body, the progressive scanning of the surface by this ground track determining a swath. The system includes means for reducing the length of the track on the ground, such as at each point on the ground of the swath of the scrolling repeating means, and at each passage thereof, the total duration of coverage by at least one active antenna of the scrolling repeater means, determines an active communication length less than the width of the swath.