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Elliptic orbits and satellite constellations for coverage of illuminated areas

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Original Russian Text © Yu.P. Ulybyshev, 2012, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 205–208.

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Ulybyshev, Y.P. Elliptic orbits and satellite constellations for coverage of illuminated areas. Cosmic Res 50, 199–202 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001095251201011X

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