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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] LEO navigation augmentation constellation design with the multi-objective optimization approaches

HAN Yi, W Lei, FU Wenju, Z Haitao, LI Tao… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite for navigation augmentation applications can
significantly reduce the precise positioning convergence time and attract increasing …

A Survey of Orbit Design and Selection Methodologies

N Choo, D Ahner, B Little - The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Designing satellite constellations often requires consideration of many factors including
mission requirements, program budget, and technological capabilities. An abundant amount …

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 …

[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 …

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 …

Satellite constellation method for ground targeting optimized with K-means clustering and genetic algorithm

SS Lee - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposed a satellite constellation method to cluster targets using machine
learning and achieve the desired revisit performance for each target in an area of interest …

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 …

Design of LEO constellations with inter-satellite connects based on the performance evaluation of the three constellations SpaceX, OneWeb and Telesat

P Zong, S Kohani - Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021 - koreascience.kr
The idea of designing LEO's satellite constellations has become very important for internet
access. Several LEO satellite constellations have been designed and used for global …