Position, navigation, and timing (PNT) through low earth orbit (LEO) satellites: A survey on current status, challenges, and opportunities

FS Prol, RM Ferre, Z Saleem, P Välisuo, C Pinell… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More and more satellites are populating the sky nowadays in the Low Earth orbits (LEO).
Most of the targeted applications are related to broadband and narrowband …

A survey on nongeostationary satellite systems: The communication perspective

H Al-Hraishawi, H Chougrani, S Kisseleff… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next phase of satellite technology is being characterized by a new evolution in non-
geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites, which conveys exciting new communication …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal walker constellation design of LEO-based global navigation and augmentation system

M Guan, T Xu, F Gao, W Nie, H Yang - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites located at altitudes of 500 km~ 1500 km can carry much
stronger signals and move faster than medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites at about a 20,000 …

[HTML][HTML] Survey on optimization methods for LEO-satellite-based networks with applications in future autonomous transportation

K Çelikbilek, Z Saleem, R Morales Ferre, J Praks… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Future autonomous transportation is one of the most demanding application areas in terms
of connectivity, as it has to simultaneously meet stringent criteria that do not typically go …

Satellite constellation pattern optimization for complex regional coverage

HW Lee, S Shimizu, S Yoshikawa, K Ho - Journal of Spacecraft and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The use of regional-coverage satellite constellations is on the rise, urging the need for an
optimal constellation design method for complex regional coverage. Traditional …

Broadband non-geostationary satellite communication systems: Research challenges and key opportunities

H Al-Hraishawi, S Chatzinotas… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Besides conventional geostationary (GSO) satellite broadband communication services, non-
geostationary (NGSO) satellites are envisioned to support various new communication use …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-criteria design of continuous global coverage Walker and Street-of-Coverage constellations through property assessment

S Huang, C Colombo, F Bernelli-Zazzera - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
No general rules exist for constellation design; instead, constellation designers have to
consider various cost drivers in a trade-off way. This paper presents a systematic method for …

Flower constellation set theory. Part I: Compatibility and phasing

D Mortari, MP Wilkins - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flower Constellations are special satellite constellations whose satellites follow the same 3-
dimensional space track with respect to assigned rotating reference frame. This paper …

Definition of Low Earth Orbit slotting architectures using 2D lattice flower constellations

D Arnas, M Lifson, R Linares, ME Avendaño - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work proposes the use of 2D Lattice Flower Constellations (2D-LFCs) to facilitate the
design of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) slotting system to avoid collisions between compliant …

The 2-D lattice theory of flower constellations

ME Avendaño, JJ Davis, D Mortari - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical …, 2013 - Springer
The 2-D lattice theory of Flower Constellations, generalizing Harmonic Flower
Constellations (the symmetric subset of Flower Constellations) as well as the …