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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Akira Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Achieved herein is a satellite capable of readily obtaining in a short time span a continuous image of the whole earth by a single unit of the satellite alone, the westward equatorial satellite being an artificial satellite having thereon an image pickup means for picking up an image of the earth and having a circular orbit toward west at an altitude of about 13,942 km above the equator of the earth. Also provided is a meteorological satellite system capable of avoiding noncontinuousness between geostationary meteorological satellites, of readily performing reciprocity data calibration between the geostationary meteorological satellites and of adding a standby function to such geostationary meteorological satellites, by combining a westward equatorial satellite having a circular orbit toward west at an altitude of about 13,942 km above the equator of the earth into a meteorological satellite system employing five units of geostationary meteorological satellites.