A constellation is a network of satellites deployed into specific, interlocking orbits to function as a single system. By spacing the spacecraft out across multiple orbital planes, operators ensure that at least one satellite is always visible from any point on the ground. This architecture is essential for global navigation systems, broadband internet networks, and continuous Earth observation missions.
Heard on the job
We need to launch three more vehicles to complete the polar plane of the constellation.
Also heard as
- satellite constellation