Method and system for controlling a set of at least two satellites, designed to provide a service on a geostationary orbit, rendering said service on a non-geostationary orbit
AssigneeThales
InventorsHervé Sainct, Joël Amalric
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling a set of at least two satellites, designed to provide a service on a geostationary orbit, rendering said service on a non-geostationary orbit, in which means involved in the performance of said service, installed on board a satellite, are deactivated when the sun can damage it, and means involved in the performance of said service installed on board another satellite of the set are activated, when this is necessary to the continuity of the service.
Claims7
A method for controlling a set of at least two satellites designed to provide a service on a geostationary orbit and to render said service on a non-geostationary orbit, the method comprising:
- deactivating components configured to be involved in performance of said service, the components being installed on board a satellite of the set, when the sun is in a position relative to the satellite to damage said satellite;
- and
- activating other components configured to be involved in the performance of said service, the other components installed on board another satellite of the set, to continue performance of the service.
A satellite system comprising a set of at least two satellites designed to provide a service on a geostationary orbit and to render said service on a non-geostationary orbit, the satellite system being configured to:
- deactivate components configured to be involved in performance of said service, the components being installed on board a satellite of the set, when the sun is in a position relative to the satellite to damage said satellite;
- and
- activate other components configured to be involved in the performance of said service, the other components installed on board another satellite of the set, to continue performance of the service.
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