The orbit of Cosmos 268 rocket (1969-20B) has been determined at 28 epochs during its 342-day life, with the aid of the PROP5 orbit refinement program. All available observations were used, including 16 from the Hewitt camera at Malvern, 28 from the 200-mm camera at Meudon, 56 from the kinetheodolite at the Cape Observatory, 700 visual observations from volunteer observers, 500 US Navy observations and 200 British radar observations. The orbits are of very good accuracy for such a high-drag satellite, most of the values of inclination having standard deviations less than 0.002 degree. The most accurate orbits are those utilizing photographic observations, and the best of these has standard deviations of 0.00001 in eccentricity and 0.0001 degree in inclination. (Author)


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    Titel :

    Analysis of the Orbit of Cosmos 268 Rocket (1969-20B)


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1971


    Format / Umfang :

    21 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Analysis of the Orbit Cosmos 268 Rocket (1969-20B)

    D. G. King-hele / A. N. Winterbottom | NTIS | 1971





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