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

Table 4

requirement for the COB method.

Satellites ()	Inclination ()
	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110
3	33.99	39.91	32.83	31.11	31.91	28.97	29.99	30.83
4	27.89	31.77	28.58	23.29	21.83	21.66	22.78	23.27
5	21.71	24.86	26.72	19.84	17.74	17.51	18.91	19.39
6	17.78	20.69	21.50	18.67	15.92	14.48	14.98	18.54
9	11.90	13.38	14.27	14.31	9.89	9.92	9.31	14.91
12	8.58	10.47	10.77	10.69	8.22	6.36	8.54	10.67
15	6.37	7.63	8.61	8.48	7.41	5.41	7.73	8.87
18	5.44	6.58	6.49	6.55	6.62	4.26	6.29	6.44