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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Ihi Aerospace Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Amimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masanobu Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
1. A satellite constellation forming method comprises a satellite deployment step S, a spacecraft acceleration step S, a spacecraft orbiting step Sand spacecraft deceleration step, and the aforementioned steps are repeated in order. In the satellite deployment step S, deploying one of the satellites into the circular orbitfrom the spacecrafton the circular orbit. In the spacecraft acceleration step S, accelerating the spacecraftand switching the orbit from the circular orbitto a spacecraft transfer orbitin the same orbit plane. In the spacecraft orbiting step S, making the spacecraftorbit along the spacecraft transfer orbita plurality of times. In the spacecraft deceleration step, decelerating the spacecraftand switching the orbit from the spacecraft transfer orbitto the circular orbitin the same orbit plane.