The combination of atmospheric drag and lunar and solar perturbations in addition to Earth’s oblateness influences the orbital lifetime of an upper stage in geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). These high eccentric orbits undergo fluctuations in both perturbations and velocity and are very sensitive to the initial conditions. The main objective of this paper is to predict the reentry time of the upper stage of the Indian geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle, GSLV-D5, which inserted the satellite GSAT-14 into a GTO on January 05, 2014, with mean perigee and apogee altitudes of 170 km and 35975 km. Four intervals of near linear variation of the mean apogee altitude observed were used in predicting the orbital lifetime. For these four intervals, optimal values of the initial osculating eccentricity and ballistic coefficient for matching the mean apogee altitudes were estimated with the response surface methodology using a genetic algorithm. It was found that the orbital lifetime from these four time spans was between 144 and 148 days.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff prüfen

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen

    Bestellung bei Subito €


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Lifetime Estimation of the Upper Stage of GSAT-14 in Geostationary Transfer Orbit




    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014


    Format / Umfang :

    8 Seiten, 19 Quellen



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Precise Orbit Determination During Transfer Orbit Phase of GSAT-1

    B. Subramanian / Anatta Sonney / N. V. Vighnesam et al. | AIAA | 2004


    ORBIT DETERMINATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE OF GSAT MISSIONS

    Vighnesam, N. V. / Subramanian, B. / Soni, P. K. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006


    GSAT-16 Launch and Early Orbit Phase Orbit Determination

    Boominathan, Subramanian | AIAA | 2016


    Spacecraft Charging in Geostationary Transfer Orbit

    Parker, Linda Neergaard / Minow, Joseph | NTRS | 2014


    Estimation of Lifetime for Launchers Debris in Geostationary Transfer Orbits

    Handschuh, D.-A. / Bonnal, C. / Palun, A. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013