000131814 001__ 131814 000131814 005__ 20240219150722.0 000131814 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.2514/6.2012-4805 000131814 0248_ $$2sideral$$a83009 000131814 037__ $$aART-2012-83009 000131814 041__ $$aeng 000131814 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7620-4523$$aCasanova, Daniel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000131814 245__ $$aOptimizing Flower Constellations for Global Coverage 000131814 260__ $$c2012 000131814 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000131814 5203_ $$aIn this paper, the GDOP-optimal Flower Constellations using evolutionary methods,for a given number of satellites, or more generally, for a given set of Flower Constellation parameters is obtained. As a measure of optimality we use the maximum value of the GDOP over a large number of uniformly distributed points on the Earth during the time needed for the constellation to return to its initial pattern. The search space constellations includes eccentric orbits 000131814 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000131814 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000131814 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9744-5732$$aAvendaño, Martín 000131814 700__ $$aMortari, Daniele 000131814 7102_ $$12005$$2595$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Matemática Aplicada$$cÁrea Matemática Aplicada 000131814 773__ $$g2 (2012), 1-18$$pAIAA pap.$$tAIAA paper$$x0146-3705 000131814 8564_ $$s502138$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131814/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000131814 8564_ $$s1782539$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131814/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000131814 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:131814$$particulos$$pdriver 000131814 951__ $$a2024-02-19-13:26:52 000131814 980__ $$aARTICLE