The Modeling and Simulation of Constellation Availability Based on Satellite Reliability

Abstract

In aerospace, the design principles have transformed from the pursuit of performance to a balance among performance, costs, reliability and other aspects, and how to meet the system performance requirements under the premise of minimizing costs has become a serious problem. In this paper, the relationships between the constellation availability and the satellite reliability were modeled considering the replacement mode of the back-up satellite. A case study was presented to show the effects of the satellite reliability on constellation availability.