LUNAR TRAJECTORY STUDIES

Abstract

A description of several related IBM-7090 Fortran computer programs is presented to provide a fast, accurate, and systematic procedure for determining initial conditions to the differential equations of motion from tracking data, lunar and interplanetary trajectories in n-body space, and satellite ephemeris compilations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0261670

Entities

People

  • A. Petty
  • I. Jurkevich
  • M. Fabvize
  • T. Coffin

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Celestial Mechanics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Interplanetary Trajectories
  • Lunar Satellites
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Orbits
  • Spacecraft
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Business Analytics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris