I am not sure that LEO are a good answer. Have you thought about how many
satellites you will need. I would guess around 5 or 6 in the orbit trace.
The second problem will be the handover of the data between the satellites.
( I think this was one of the things that killed Teledisc)
This means either cross links or a single hub that all satellites can see
and the routing is on the ground. A third concern would be that
utilization. Most of the time they would not be over Australia.
A better idea would be a set of towers along the route like 3rd generation
mobile system. While the standards only give 2Mbps for fixed station unless
you are talking about a bullet train, I think they could be considered as
stationary. It will take a little thought.
Depending on the services offered, you might be able to use part of a GEO
transponder to feed the 3rd Gen Mobile from a single access point.
Harry Smith
Lockheed Martin Mission and Data Services
408 - 473 6491
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