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Fixed satellite constellation system employing non-geostationary satellites in sub-geosynchronous elliptical orbits with common ground tracks

  • US 20020160710A1
  • Filed: 01/02/2002
  • Published: 10/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A satellite system, comprising:

  • a plurality of satellites in inclined elliptical orbits, each said satellite communicating with a land mass on the Earth, at least a first group of said satellites being in common orbits having the same, first, repeating ground track communicating with first plural specified land mass on the earth, and a second group of said satellites being in common orbits having the same, second, repeating ground track, different than said first ground track, and communicating with second plural specified land masses on the earth each said satellite communicating during only a portion of the elliptical orbit closest to apogee.

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