  As emerging massive constellations are intended to provide seamless
connectivity for remote areas using hundreds of small low Earth orbit (LEO)
satellites, new methodologies have great importance to study the performance of
these networks. In this paper, we derive both downlink and uplink analytical
expressions for coverage probability and data rate of an inclined LEO
constellation under general fading, regardless of exact satellites' positions.
Our solution involves two phases as we, first, abstract the network into a
uniformly distributed network. Secondly, we obtain a new parameter, effective
number of satellites, for every user's latitude which compensates for the
performance mismatch between the actual and uniform constellations. In addition
to exact derivation of the network performance metrics, this study provides
insight into selecting the constellation parameters, e.g., the total number of
satellites, altitude, and inclination angle.
