The Local Coverage Diagram

The local coverage diagram presents a longterm survey on frequency and quality of contacts of a near Earth satellite with a point of interest on the Earth’s surface. It respects different coverage or visibility conditions of a satellite onboard sensor or a ground antenna. Special interest is based on characterising coverage patterns for different satellite families like near Earth manned missions, repetitive and/or sunsynchronous orbits, satellite orbits with manoeuvre or uncontrolled satellite orbits as well as for satellite constellations. The local coverage pattern is of interest for orbit analysis investigations, for operational use in satellite ground centres as well as for educational purposes.