LOCATION OF CATCH-UP POINT BETWEEN A DELTA V PERTURBED ORBIT AND THE ORIGINAL CIRCULAR ORBIT,
Abstract
If two bodies are travelling together in a circular orbit and a retrograde impulse is applied to one body, then that body moves behind the unperturbed body in angular position. However, it is obvious that the perturbed body, being in a smaller period orbit, passes the unperturbed body in angular position at some angular distance from the point at which the impulse is applied. This note defines that angular catch-up position as a function of the magnitude of the perturbing force. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 25, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0422562
Entities
People
- A. H. Milstead
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation