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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2023
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Go Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A satellite constellation apparatus, a satellite constellation system, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that can prevent instantaneous interruption of communication are provided. A traffic control ground station is capable of communicating with a plurality of satellites and includes a communication control unit configured to predict a functional link through the plurality of satellites at a time point later than the present time point by a predetermined time based on trajectories of the plurality of satellites and control switching of transmission destinations of communication data transmitted and received by the satellites so that communication is performed by using the predicted functional link before a functional link through the plurality of satellites at the present time point is disconnected at the time point later by the predetermined time.