The French-German Symphonie satellite ground operations are described in detail: orbit and attitude control system; launch vehicle, ascending trajectory and launch window; injection, positioning, and maneuver schedule; problems associated with perigee and apogee injection errors; outline of the mathematical problem; ground stations for Symphonie; apogee/station/maneuver schedule; optimization of injection procedure; total velocity increment for injection; interface orbit determination/correction; and injection of Symphonie A.


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    Title :

    Short Course on Ground Operations Systems for Geostationary Satellites: Injection of Geostationary Satellite Symphonie


    Contributors:
    A. Leibold (author)

    Publication date :

    1976


    Size :

    77 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English