Satellite constellations harvest energy for near-total global coverage
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Think of it as a celestial parlor game: What is the minimum number of satellites needed to see every point on Earth? And how might those satellites stay in orbit and maintain continuous 24/7 coverage while contending with Earth’s gravity field, its lumpy mass, the pull of the sun and moon, and pressure from solar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/satellite-constellations-harvest-energy-for-near-total-global-coverage-73075/
Think of it as a celestial parlor game: What is the minimum number of satellites needed to see every point on Earth? And how might those satellites stay in orbit and maintain continuous 24/7 coverage while contending with Earth’s gravity field, its lumpy mass, the pull of the sun and moon, and pressure from solar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/satellite-constellations-harvest-energy-for-near-total-global-coverage-73075/