Technical assessment of an equatorial Low Earth orbit satellite constellation for Egypt

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2022.05.002
• Publication Date: 2022-06-01T04:19:11Z
• Authors: Haitham Akah; Dalia Elfiky
• Keywords: Satellite constellation

Egypt, the region’s agricultural powerhouse, has largest irrigation area among eleven Nile Basin countries. Meanwhile, demand for water and management is becoming necessary. The Internet of Things (IoT) plays a key role in smart agriculture to cope with modern scarcity. This paper presents methodology design assessment small IoT satellite constellation providing continuous coverage over Egypt decides on optimal location ground stations serve sector Egypt. Moreover, it evaluates latency analysis handover time such constellation. It shown that 9 satellites circular equatorial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) can provide showed two southernmost will