Satellite Constellations Harvest Energy for Near-Total Global Coverage: Cornell University
January 15, 2020
January 15, 2020
ITHACA, New York, Jan. 15 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Think of it as a celestial parlor game: What is the minimum number of satellites needed to see every point on Earth? And how might those satellites stay in orbit and maintain continuous 24/7 coverage while contending with Earth's gravity field, its lumpy mass, the pull of the sun and moon, and pressure from solar radiation?
In the mid-1980s, researcher John E. Draim propos . . .
Think of it as a celestial parlor game: What is the minimum number of satellites needed to see every point on Earth? And how might those satellites stay in orbit and maintain continuous 24/7 coverage while contending with Earth's gravity field, its lumpy mass, the pull of the sun and moon, and pressure from solar radiation?
In the mid-1980s, researcher John E. Draim propos . . .