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FIGURE 4.8Satellite separation distance vs. separation angle for various orbits.The propagation distance where maximum line-<strong>of</strong>-sight exists is whenqffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffid cðmaxÞ ¼ 2 ðR e þ hÞ 2R 2 eð4:30ÞFor satellites placed at higher altitudes; that is, MEO <strong>and</strong> above, h R e ,so(4.30) approximates to 2 h.Fig. 4.8 plots cross-link distances d c between two satellites in differentorbits as a function <strong>of</strong> the separation angle. The maximum distances <strong>and</strong>separation angles, when the two satellites are at different orbits <strong>and</strong> maintainingline-<strong>of</strong>-sight above the earth’s atmosphere, are tabulated in Table 4.2.As seen in Table 4.2, for the two interlinked satellites to maintain line<strong>of</strong>-sightat each <strong>of</strong> the orbits examined, the latitudinal separation distancebetween them is more than twice their altitude. Even for a 1 longitudinalseparation, the separation distance is in hundreds <strong>of</strong> km.TABLE 4.2Separation Distances <strong>and</strong> AnglesAltitude d c ðmaxÞ g s At g s ¼ 1 Orbit (km) (km) (deg) d c (km)LEO 1,600 9,585.3 73.85 139.24MEO 18,000 47,057.8 149.67 425.47HEO 35,000 81,766.9 162.27 722.17GEO 35,784 83,353.6 162.60 735.86Copyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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