Mega-constellation business device
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorHisayuki Mukae
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Abstract
A satellite constellation forming system (100) forms a satellite constellation which is composed of a satellite group and in which the satellite group cooperatively provides a service. The satellite constellation has a plurality of orbital planes in each of which a plurality of satellites fly at the same nominal orbital altitude. A satellite constellation forming unit (110) continues providing the service while avoiding a collision between satellites by both or one of control of an orbital altitude and control of a passage timing of a satellite group flying in a region where the plurality of orbital planes intersect.
Claims7
A mega-constellation business device to manage a satellite constellation composed of 100 or more satellites, the mega-constellation business device comprising:
- a space traffic management device that is compatible with space traffic management devices respectively included in a plurality of business devices that manage space objects, and including circuitry connected, through the space traffic management device, to a space traffic management system in which the space traffic management devices included in the plurality of business devices are connected with a communication line,
- wherein the space traffic management device includes at least space traffic management rule information including international phase rules corresponding to internationally acknowledged satellites, trial-phase rules corresponding to satellites that are not internationally acknowledged, and flight safety measure information to cause a plurality of satellites flying in a same orbital plane at a same nominal altitude to fly evenly spaced apart while maintaining a relative phase angle to avoid collision.
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