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Table A.1.
Megaconstellations considered in this work
| Constellation | i (°) | n | h (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlink Phase 1 | 53 | 1584 | 550 |
| 53.2 | 1584 | 540 | |
| 70 | 720 | 570 | |
| 97.6 | 348 | 560 | |
| 97.6 | 172 | 560 | |
| Starlink Phase 2 | 53 | 5280 | 340 |
| 46 | 5280 | 345 | |
| 38 | 5280 | 350 | |
| 96.6 | 3600 | 360 | |
| 53 | 3360 | 525 | |
| 43 | 3360 | 530 | |
| 33 | 3360 | 535 | |
| 148 | 144 | 604 | |
| 115.7 | 324 | 614 | |
| OneWeb | 87.9 | 720 | 1200 |
| GuoWang | 85 | 480 | 590 |
| 50 | 2000 | 600 | |
| 55 | 3600 | 508 | |
| 30 | 1728 | 1145 | |
| 40 | 1728 | 1145 | |
| 50 | 1728 | 1145 | |
| 60 | 1728 | 1145 | |
| QianFan | 89 | 1296 | 1160 |
| Leo | 51.9 | 1156 | 630 |
| 42 | 1296 | 610 | |
| 33 | 784 | 590 | |
| Starlink 2025a | 43.00 | 2575 | 503 |
| 53.15 | 439 | 351 | |
| 53.15 | 1021 | 466 | |
| 53.15 | 2383 | 543 | |
| 70.00 | 432 | 553 | |
| 97.66 | 231 | 558 | |
Notes. aStarlink 2025 refers to the set of Starlinks in orbit in March 2025, according to SPACETRACK,binning the individual satellites in seven shells. These shells are only used for the model validation, see Sect. C.
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