Starlink simulation and potential analysis for remote sensing applications

HaiTao Yang; HaoYu Wang; Bo Lv; JinYu Wang; XiXuan Zhou; HongGang Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.3009125

29 December 2023 Starlink simulation and potential analysis for remote sensing applications

HaiTao Yang, HaoYu Wang, Bo Lv, JinYu Wang, XiXuan Zhou, HongGang Zhang

Proceedings Volume 12976, Eighth Asia Pacific Conference on Optics Manufacture and Third International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing (APCOM and YSAOM 2023); 129761A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009125
Event: 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Optics Manufacture & 3rd International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing, 2023, Shenzhen, China

Abstract

Starlink plans to provide faster Internet services in most parts of the world, as a space fast Internet communication plan of SpaceX in the United States. However, according to the overall design of the current Starlink system, Starlink satellites may adopt modular development ideas in the future, aiming at the feasibility and potential of Starlink satellite constellations carrying remote sensing payloads, this paper collects and sorts out the development of Starlink satellite constellations and the orbital parameters of some domestic remote sensing satellites and constellations, and proves the feasibility of Starlink satellites carrying remote sensing payloads through comparison between parameters. Secondly, this paper uses STK to simulate and model the Starlink satellite constellation, and at the same time adds available remote sensing sensors to the satellite, and concludes that at least 60 satellites are required for single-orbit Earth observation of the Starlink constellation to achieve the uninterrupted effect, and an imaging simulation is carried out on a building or object on land, and the visibility and sensor coverage effect of the satellite to the target are displayed in two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms. STK's display analysis function was used to visualize the detailed data report results, and finally the potential of Starlink satellite constellation to carry remote sensing payloads was analyzed.

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HaiTao Yang, HaoYu Wang, Bo Lv, JinYu Wang, XiXuan Zhou, and HongGang Zhang "Starlink simulation and potential analysis for remote sensing applications", Proc. SPIE 12976, Eighth Asia Pacific Conference on Optics Manufacture and Third International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing (APCOM and YSAOM 2023), 129761A (29 December 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009125

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