Research Article

Autonomous Orbit Determination for a Hybrid Constellation

Table 3

Initial orbit element of the hybrid constellation.

LEO layerMEO layer

Satellite number228
Plane number22
Semi-major axis (km)7189.3120268.43
Eccentricity00
Inclination ()98.6640
Right ascending node ()257.18/302.050/180
Argument of perigee plus mean anomaly for the first satellite of every plane ()0/213.900/45