Optimal Satellite LEO Constellation Design Based on Global Coverage in One Revisit Time

Table 3

requirement for the COF method.

Satellites ()	Inclination ()
	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110
3	33.88	39.99	33.87	32.56	31.90	26.89	31.84	31.99
4	27.10	30.67	28.90	24.98	23.78	19.45	23.63	24.91
5	21.50	24.49	24.69	19.49	18.80	15.73	18.56	19.86
6	17.77	19.92	20.71	18.78	15.89	12.76	15.45	18.42
7	14.23	17.79	17.67	16.83	12.91	10.87	13.61	16.67
8	12.31	14.69	15.71	15.43	11.40	9.94	11.93	15.87
9	11.19	12.36	13.78	13.78	10.58	8.68	10.40	14.93
10	10.66	11.95	11.98	12.49	8.88	7.92	9.69	13.56
11	9.45	9.56	10.53	10.66	8.49	6.84	8.78	11.84
12	8.34	8.38	9.81	9.58	8.11	5.97	8.63	10.91
13	7.81	7.79	9.49	9.34	7.98	5.75	7.90	10.47
14	6.94	6.98	8.57	8.80	7.67	4.98	7.56	9.89
15	6.59	6.35	7.49	8.54	6.89	4.78	7.23	8.78
16	5.99	5.95	7.86	7.39	6.77	4.34	6.99	8.41
17	5.82	5.57	6.81	7.09	6.42	3.89	6.67	7.79
18	5.29	5.22	6.27	6.37	5.89	3.78	6.41	6.88