Dual-compatible flower constellations Conference Paper

abstract

• This paper summarizes important, properties of the Flower Constellations and introduces the theory of Dual-Compatible Flower Constellations. Flower Constellation Phasing and Secondary Paths are first discussed. Then, the relationships establishing the equivalency of two Flower Constellations are provided. The Flower Constellation phasing scheme adopted here uses an additional parameter, the phasing step F h, that further enlarges the dimensionality of the potential solutions. Then it is shown how to simplify the design parameters by introducing an equivalent "contiguous" satellite distribution. Finally, the theory of Dual-Compatible Flower Constellations is introduced and some examples are given.

authors

• Mortari, Daniele

published proceedings

• Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

author list (cited authors)

• Mortari, D., & Wilkins, M. P.

complete list of authors

• Mortari, D||Wilkins, MP

publication date

• December 2006

published in

• Advances in the Astronautical Sciences  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0877035288

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780877035282

start page

• 1675

end page

• 1692

volume

• 124 II