Non-Geosynchronous Orbit Satellite Constellations

摘要

A method for designing Non-Geosynchronous Orbit (NGSO) satellite constellations and NGSO satellite constellations thereof are presented. An NGSO satellite constellation may be designed to allow an earth station to perform handover between two satellites of the NGSO satellite constellation while the two satellites appear to be at about a same location in the sky relative to the earth station. In such constellation, an earth station may perform such handover between the two satellites in a Make-Before-Break fashion while the earth station may be configured to use a single, slow-tracking antenna, such as a mechanically tracking dish antenna.