Interference mitigation for a satellite network

A system for mitigating out-of-band interference generated by one or more communications satellites within a constellation of low-Earth orbit communications satellites in near-polar orbits, wherein each satellite has a phased array antenna configured to provide multiple beams that collectively define a coverage footprint for the satellite with individual ones of the beams configured to provide coverage of a respective portion of the coverage footprint, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
• determine that a first coverage footprint for a first satellite within the constellation of satellites covers a region at a latitude that exceeds a predefined latitude;
• as a consequence of having determined that the first coverage footprint for the first satellite exceeds the predefined latitude, inactivate a first subset of beams of the first satellite configured to provide coverage of a first portion of the first coverage footprint;
• and
• while the first subset of beams of the first satellite are inactive, operate a second satellite within the constellation of satellites for which a second coverage footprint overlaps with the first coverage footprint with a second subset of beams configured to provide coverage within the first portion of the first coverage footprint as active.