This report contains theoretical analyses on the astrodynamics of a solar sailing satellite. The purpose of this report is to provide technical reviews, evaluations, and recommendations related to the astrodynamics portion of a solar sailing satellite, developlent of an orbit differential correction procedure, and determination of a control philosophy for orbital correction maneuvers. The analyses are mainly qualitative in content; therefore, the course of action followed has been analytical in nature. Numerical analysis has been introduced as necessary, but has been kept to a minimum to avoid a compendium of tables. The analyses, however, are described so that they may be programmed on a computer with a minimum of rearrangement. The specific results and conclusions reached in this study are contained in the respective section for each analysis. (Author)
Orbit Analysis of Communication Satellites
1964
234 pages
Report
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Englisch
Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Manned Spacecraft , Communication satellites (Passive) , Orbits , Solar satellites , Theory , Control systems , Reviews , Analysis , Solar radiation , Configuration , Satellites (Artificial) , Magnetic fields , Real time , Astrophysics , Mechanics , Numerical analysis , Series(Mathematics) , Programming (Computers) , Partial differential equations , Matrices(Mathematics) , Corrections