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

Claim 0:
1. 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 system comprising:
processing circuitry configured to control the satellite group and form 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,
wherein, in controlling the satellite group and forming the satellite constellation, the processing circuitry sequentially changes an orbital altitude of each orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes while maintaining a sinusoidal arrangement of the relative altitude differences between adjacent orbital planes in the plurality of orbital planes.