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Satellite Orbits
Models, Methods, and Applications
With 97 Figures
Including io Color Figures,
47 Tables, and CD-ROM
Springer
Contents
2 Introductory Astrodynamics 15
2.1 General Properties of the Two-Body Problem 16
2.1.1 Plane Motion and the Law of Areas 16
2.1.2 The Form of the Orbit 17
2.1.3 The Energy Integral 19
2.2 Prediction of Unperturbed Satellite Orbits 22
2.2.1 Kepler's Equation and the Time Dependence of Motion . 22
2.2.2 Solving Kepler's Equation 23
2.2.3 The Orbit in Space 24
2.2.4 Orbital Elements from Position and Velocity 28
2.2.5 Non-Singular Elements 29
2.3 Ground-Based Satellite Observations 32
2.3.1 Satellite Ground Tracks 32
2.3.2 Satellite Motion in the Local Tangent Coordinate System 36
2.4 Preliminary Orbit Determination 39
2.4.1 Orbit Determination from Two Position Vectors 40
2.4.2 Orbit Determination from Three Sets of Angles 43
Exercises 47
3 Force Model 53
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 Geopotential 56
3.2.1 Expansion in Spherical Harmonics 56
3.2.2 Some Special Geopotential Coefficients 59
VIII Contents
7 Linearization 233
7.1 Two-Body State Transition Matrix 235
7.1.1 Orbital-Elements Transition Matrix 235
X Contents
9 Applications 293
9.1 Orbit Determination Error Analysis 293
9.1.1 A Linearized Orbit Model 294
9.1.2 Consider Covariance Analysis 297
Contents XI
Appendix A 319
A.1 Calendrical Calculations 319
A.1.1 Modified Julian Date from the Calendar Date 321
A.1.2 Calendar Date from the Modified Julian Date 322
A.2 GPS Orbit Models 324
A.2.1 Almanac Model 325
A.2.2 Broadcast Ephemeris Model 326
Appendix B 329
B.1 Internet Resources 329
B.2 The Enclosed CD-ROM 330
B.2.1 Contents 330
B.2.2 System Requirements 331
B.2.3 Executing the Programs 331
B.2.4 Compilation and Linking 332
B.2.5 Index of Library Functions 335
References 347
Index 361