THE RAPID COMPUTATION OF EARTH-SATELLITE EPHEMERIDES BY A METHOD USING FOURIER SERIES,

Abstract

The feasibility of expressing earth-satellite positions as Fourier series is studied with a view to computing ephemerides more rapidly than by direct calculation from orbital parameters. The method is found to give sufficiently accurate ephemerides subject to certain limitations, which are discussed. The main features of the direct, the interpolation and the Fourier methods of calculating satellite positions are compared. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0443216

Entities

People

  • R. J. Tayler

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computations
  • Ephemerides
  • Fourier Series
  • Interpolation
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris