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Satellite fleet deployment

  • US 9,912,399 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for capacity enhancement of a satellite communication system comprising a first geostationary spot-beam satellite providing a communication service via a first set of fixed-location spot beams and a second geostationary spot beam satellite providing the communication service via a second set of fixed-location spot beams, the method comprising:

  • determining a demand profile for the communication service for a coverage region, the coverage region having a total demand for the communication service including one or more elevated demand regions, wherein the first set of fixed-location spot beams is positioned, such that providing the communication service by the first geostationary spot-beam satellite satisfies a first portion of the demand profile that is less than the total demand; and

    determining a positioning of the second set of fixed-location spot beams that at least partially overlaps with the first set of fixed-location spot beams to form a multi-level spot beam service configuration for the coverage region based on the demand profile, wherein the determining the positioning is performed subsequent to deployment of the first geostationary spot-beam satellite and prior to deployment of the second geostationary spot-beam satellite, wherein at least a first spot beam of the first set of fixed-location spot beams has a first beam gain and a second spot beam of the second set of fixed-location spot beams has a second beam gain that is different from the first beam gain, the second spot beam at least partially overlapping with the first spot beam, such that providing the communication service by the second geostationary spot-beam satellite satisfies a second portion of the demand profile that is different from the first portion.

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