SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN GIVEN LATITUDE RANGE Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC H04B7/185 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to satellite systems (SS) of communication and surveillance using light satellites which operate at low and medium altitudes above the surface of planets and provide continuous regional coverage in a given range of latitudes. For this purpose, the satellite communication and surveillance system in a given latitude range comprises N artificial earth satellites, each of which is equipped with onboard retransmitters with inter-satellite communication or optical equipment, where N is an integer, is located on n orbital planes spaced along the longitude of the ascending node at the same angle, with uniform distribution of satellites in them, forms continuous scanning bars, which are joined to each other, is characterized by the fact that the joint of the continuous scanning bands occurs at the minimum latitude, and satellites in adjacent orbital planes are phased and provide continuous communication of subscribers and observation in a given range, limited by minimum and maximum latitude, with required magnification.

EFFECT: technical result consists in providing continuous connection of subscribers and observation in a given range, limited by minimum and maximum latitude.

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