Satellite Constellation Design for a Lunar Navigation and Communication System

  • NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation
  • December 2023,
  • 70
  • (4)
  • navi.613;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.33012/navi.613

FIGURE 8

FIGURE 8

Variation in the minimum availability per day tS of one LNCSS communication satellite across the lunar south pole region (greater than 80° S latitudes) for case C, with an elevation mask of 20°

For intuition, a few prominent craters are also marked, namely, the Shoemaker, Shackleton, and Haworth craters.

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