Table 7.

Search scope of decision variables of three optimization schemes.

Decision variables	Scheme 1	Scheme 2	Scheme 3
	n = 1	n = 1	n = 1	n = 2
Number of orbital planes	[1,5] & (5,10]	[1,5] & (5,10]	[1,5] & (5,10]	[1,5] & (5,10]
Number of satellites per orbital plane	[4,9] & (9,12]	[4,9] & (9,12]	[4,9] & (9,12]	[4,9] & (9,12]
Phase factor	[0,4] & (4,9]	[0,4] & (4,9]	[0,4] & (4,9]	[0,4] & (4,9]
Obliquity	[0°,45°]	[0°,60°]	[0°,45°]	[45°,90°]
Right ascension of ascending node	[0°,45°]	[0°,45°]	-	[0°,45°]
Mean anomaly	[0°,45°] & (45°,90°]	[0°,45°] & (45°,90°]	-	[0°,45°] & (45°,90°]