Design of a Low Earth Orbit Constellation for Regional Navigation Mission

Ghazanfarinia, Sajjad; Mousivand, Ehsan; Khoshsima, Masoud; Saffar, Yaser

doi:10.22034/jssta.2022.332468.1084

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Research Engineer, Satellite Research Institute, Iranian Space Research Center

² Satellite Research Institute, Iranian Space Research Center

³ Iranian Space Research Center

⁴ Faculty Member, Satellite Research Institute, Iranian Space Research Center

https://doi.org/10.22034/jssta.2022.332468.1084

Abstract

This research is going to present design of a LEO Constellation for Navigation service with minimum number of Satellites. The goal is to achieve Dilution Of Precision (DOP) less than 6. This Requirement is going to be achieved using predefined launch vehicles limitation on orbit which is 500 km in circular orbit altitude and 55 degrees for orbit inclination. Design has been done based on Analyses resulting in Optimization for least number of Satellites in this orbit, to satisfy all requirements for Navigation Performance and in conformance with the constraints related to launch and orbit. Multiple analyses have been done resulted in Constellation with 324 satellites, formed in 18 Orbits with 18 Satellites in each. This design shows the performance of 4.7 in DOP for a User located in Tehran, however, the distribution of DOP over the target area shows that the requirement has been passed through the whole region

Keywords

LEO Satellite constellation# Middle east coverage# Dilution of precision

20.1001.1.27834557.1401.2.2.4.8

Main Subjects

mechanic

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Space Science, Technology and Applications

Design of a Low Earth Orbit Constellation for Regional Navigation Mission

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Volume 2, Issue 2
February 2023
Pages 48-59

Design of a Low Earth Orbit Constellation for Regional Navigation Mission

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Volume 2, Issue 2February 2023Pages 48-59

Volume 2, Issue 2
February 2023
Pages 48-59