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Download SaVi 1.6.0 (April 2023)

Molnya satellite constellation animated in SaVi
Molnya satellite constellation modelled in SaVi
Here is material introducing the SaVi satellite visualization software:

SaVi user manual
Lloyd Wood.
Available with the SaVi software.
This manual introduces SaVi to the user.

SaVi user manual

SaVi: satellite constellation visualization
Lloyd Wood.
conference paper, CCSR Research Symposium (CRS 2011), Centre for Communication Systems Research, 30 June 2011.
SaVi is introduced and described briefly here.
SaVi: satellite constellation visualization (1M)
SaVi poster (362K)

arXiv: 1204.3265

Look, up in the sky! Track satellites with SaVi!
Lee Schlesinger.
SourceForge, 9 December 2009.
SaVi specializes in simulating and explaining types of satellite constellations.
Look, up in the sky! Track satellites with SaVi!

Here is material introducing satellite constellations:

Constellations - orbital types, uses and advantages
Lloyd Wood.
International Workshop on Space and Satellite Communication 2008 (IWSSC '08), tutorial with live simulation demonstrations, Louis Bleriot auditorium, ISAE SupAero campus, Toulouse, 1 October 2008.

A tutorial discussing and illustrating the geometrical and orbital choices for multiple satellites, and how these choices and the resulting satellite coverage and diversity play into system design choices for various satellite applications.

Constellations - orbital types, uses and advantages (5.9M)

Satellite applications workshop
Lloyd Wood.
As a guest lecturer, Lloyd Wood gave a three-hour workshop at the International Space University summer session '06 in Strasbourg, France, 12 July 2006.

Introduction to satellite constellations (4.1M)
ISU student introduction to SaVi (309K), which became the SaVi user manual.
ISU student exercises with SaVi (66K)
Solutions to ISU student exercises with SaVi (96K)

Papers and publications where SaVi is used are also available.

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