Chapter 2. Satellites and High-Altitude Platforms

  1. Madhavendra Richharia1,
  2. Leslie David Westbrook2

Published Online: 7 JUN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9780470665619.ch2

Book Title

Satellite Systems for Personal Applications: Concepts and Technology

Satellite Systems for Personal Applications: Concepts and Technology

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How to Cite

Richharia, M. and Westbrook, L. D. (2010) Satellites and High-Altitude Platforms, in Satellite Systems for Personal Applications: Concepts and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470665619.ch2

Author Information

  1. 1

    Knowledge Space Ltd, UK

  2. 2

    QinetiQ Ltd, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 7 JUN 2010
  2. Published Print: 23 JUL 2010

Book Series:

  1. Wiley Series on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Book Series Editors:

  1. Dr Xuemin (Sherman) Shen BSc, MSc, PhD3,
  2. Dr Yi Pan BEng, MEng, PhD4

Series Editor Information

  1. 3

    University of Waterloo, Canada

  2. 4

    Georgia State University, USA

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470714287

Online ISBN: 9780470665619

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Keywords:

  • satellites and high-altitude platforms;
  • coverage, region of Earth's surface - visibility from satellite at any given time and ‘track’;
  • orbital motion - motion of man-made satellites around the Earth, following laws of physics;
  • two-body problem, satellite motion and six orbital parameters - the Keplerian elements;
  • geostationary satellite visibility coverage;
  • geostationary satellite, continuous visibility from ground - preferred by communication systems;
  • geodetic model in current use - by GPS, the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84);
  • High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs) - a low-altitude quasi-geostationary orbit;
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and NASA Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) scientific balloon;
  • large tethered aerostat with payload radome

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Satellites

  • High-Altitude Platforms

  • Revision Questions

  • References

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