| 摘要 |
<p>A geostationary orbital box (140) is divided by radially-oriented planes (150, 152, 154) to form orbital sub-boxes (160, 162, 164, 166). A thruster system facilitates station keeping satellites (170, 172, 174, 176) in each of these orbital sub-boxes (160, 162, 164, 166). The thruster system includes thruster pairs that are positioned on an anti-nadir face of each satellite and directed through the satellite's center of mass. In addition, multiple satellites can be stationed in each of the sub-boxes (160, 162, 164, 166) by causing them to rotate in a chosen one of a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction and to be spaced from each other in at least one of a radial direction and a normal direction. To enhance the fine-grain control of each of the satellites (170, 172, 174, 176), the thruster system preferably uses ion-propulsion thrusters. <IMAGE></p> |
