Patent ID: 11878817
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A satellite constellation forming method of a satellite constellation forming system that forms a satellite constellation which is composed of a satellite group and in which the satellite group cooperatively provides a service, the satellite constellation having a plurality of orbital planes in each of which a plurality of satellites fly at a same orbital altitude, the satellite constellation forming method comprising:
forming the satellite constellation in which orbital altitudes of the plurality of orbital planes are mutually different, and relative altitude differences between adjacent orbital planes in the plurality of orbital planes are sequentially arranged to be sinusoidal; and
changing an orbital altitude of each orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes sequentially while maintaining a sinusoidal arrangement of the relative altitude differences between adjacent orbital planes in the plurality of orbital planes.