A communication satellite (200A) flies in an orbit (21) with an orbital inclination θi deg and is equipped with a communication device (51C) having a visual field change range of ±θi deg around a Z axis with respect to a +X axis, where a +Z axis direction oriented in a plus direction in right-handed coordinates is geocentric direction and a +X axis direction oriented in the plus direction in the right-handed coordinates is forwarding direction. When passing the right ascension of ascending node, the communication satellite (200A) performs communication with a communication satellite (201) flying on the north side of an equatorial plane (401) in an orbit (22) that is adjacent in a longitude direction of a normal vector of an orbital plane of the orbit (21). Thus, even when adjacent orbits are laterally changed at the northern extremities of orbital planes, a communication circuit between the communication satellite (200A) and the communication satellite (201) does not break.


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    Title :

    COMMUNICATION SATELLITE, SATELLITE CONSTELLATION, INTER-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION METHOD, ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE, AND GROUND FACILITY


    Additional title:

    KOMMUNIKATIONSSATELLITEN, SATELLITENKONSTELLATION, INTERSATELLITENKOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN, KÜNSTLICHER SATELLIT UND BODENANLAGE
    SATELLITE DE COMMUNICATION, CONSTELLATION DE SATELLITES, PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION ENTRE SATELLITES, SATELLITE ARTIFICIEL ET INSTALLATION AU SOL


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    Publication date :

    2024-09-11


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS