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This paper focuses on improving the spectrum utilization efficiency of satellite communications by proposing a non-continuous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (NC-OFDM) method. Based on the models of NC-OFDM system, we first propose a sub-carrier allocation method by using spectrum sensing to efficiently perceive and utilize the spectrum holes in the satellite communication system. Then, a hybrid genetic particle swarm optimization method is adopted to allocate the channel resources effectively. 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