The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation
The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation
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DOI：
10.3847/2041-8213/ab8016
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
7.9
通讯作者：
McDowell, Jonathan C.
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作者：
McDowell, Jonathan C.
我讨论了目前的低地球轨道人造卫星人口，并表明拟议的约12，000颗Starlink互联网卫星的“巨型星座”将主导地球轨道的下部，低于600公里，与纬度相关的面数密度为0.005和0.01个物体每平方度之间的气团
I discuss the current low Earth orbit artificial satellite population and show that the proposed "megaconstellation" of circa 12,000 Starlink Internet satellites would dominate the lower part of the Earth orbit, below 600 km, with a latitude-dependent areal number density of between 0.005 and 0.01 objects per square degree at airmass