THE ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF COSMOS 2 FOR APRIL-JUNE, 1962.

Abstract

The R.A.E. Orbit Improvement Programme has been used to determine the orbital elements of the satellite COSMOS 2 (1962 iota 1) for the period April 10 - Jun 9, 1962. For the first part of this period field-reduced Baker-Nunn camera observations were used and for the last part optical or visual observations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0481078

Entities

People

  • R. H. Merson

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Data Acquisition
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Mathematics
  • Observation
  • Orbital Elements

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects