A method for accurately determining and predicting the orbits of near-synchronous satellites is presented. The basic approach is to supplement the conventional spherical harmonics representation of the terrestrial gravity field with a forcing function having components represented by polynomial expansions about nominal values of vehicular sub-latitude, sub-longitude, and separation from the geocenter. Numerical results are presented for a variety of near-synchronous orbits with small to moderate eccentricities and inclinations. (Author)


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    Titel :

    The Determination and Prediction of Near-Synchronous Satellite Orbits Utilizing a Polynomial Force Model


    Beteiligte:
    R. H. Gersten (Autor:in) / N. S. Hall (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1969


    Format / Umfang :

    31 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch