Generally speaking, orbital variations of a satellite are mainly due to the central body’s non-spherical gravity potential except for low orbit satellites with relatively large area-to-mass ratios (not including the low Moon orbit satellite because the Moon has no atmosphere).
Satellite Orbit Design and Orbit Lifespan Estimation
Springer ser. in Astrophysics & Cosmology
2023-06-21
48 pages
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Electronic Resource
English
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