A novel orbit deployment method for lifting reentry delivery system

In this paper,we focus on the difference between the deployment problems of the novel lifting reentry delivery system and the traditional constellation. The sub-satellite point track model, the coverage band model and the coverage criterion model are established to simulate the performance of the orbit deployment. To conquer the limitation of the nonhomogeneity of the traditional deployment method, an improved double inclination band method is presented, and numerical simulations are carried out to justify its validity. The simulation result shows that the present method has a superior performance than the traditional one in that it both accomplishes the global coverage mission and enhances the coverage dimension of important area by about 20 percent.