Document Type : Review Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Satellite Communication Group, Faculty of Communications Technology, ICT Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
2 CEO, Science and Technology Watch Company, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Communications Technology, ICT Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Satellite constellations include a set of similar satellites that are distributed in a specific orbital pattern to accomplish a common mission. Satellite constellations are commonly used to accomplish missions such as global telecommunications, global positioning, and remote sensing. In this article, by using scientometric approach, the structure and scientific maps of the field of "satellite constellations" in the world, as well as two leading countries, including the United States and China, have been analyzed based on research documents published in this field. In addition, a comparison has been made between these two countries with the world. The research community includes all scientific documents in the field of "satellite constellations" that have been indexed in the "Scopus" database between 1969 and 2023 AD. Also, in this article, knowledge maps (thematic subfields) and international cooperation maps of countries have been drawn using Bibexcel and VOSViewer software.
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