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Optimal Orbital Coverage Of Theater Operations And Targets, Kimberly A. Sugrue
Optimal Orbital Coverage Of Theater Operations And Targets, Kimberly A. Sugrue
Theses and Dissertations
The use of satellites as a tactical asset to support theater operations is a desired capability for future space operations. Unlike traditional satellite systems designed to provide coverage over the entire globe or large regions, tactical satellites would provide coverage over a small region which can be modeled as a single ground point defined by a latitude and longitude. In order to provide sufficient utility as a theater asset, a satellite should be placed in an orbit that provides a maximum amount of coverage of the target ground point. This study examined the optimization of orbit parameters to maximize the …