ORBITAL FLIGHT AND COVERAGE SIMULATION

Abstract

The report is the second of a series describing the current effort towards establishing a workable engineering simulation of the space-ground environment (see also AD-604 865). The report describes the simulation of ground station coverage of a vehicle from the end of powered flight to an arbitrary time in orbit. Signal strengths of several vehicle-ground station antenna com binations, as well as geometrical coverage, are simulated. A spherical earth model was used in the simulation, and the effects of atmospheric drag and orbital perturbations were neglected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609502

Entities

People

  • J. W. Stevens
  • L. E. Wilkie

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Ambiguity
  • Antenna Configurations
  • Aspect Angle
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Earth Models
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Flight Paths
  • Geometry
  • Numerical Integration
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Quantum Properties
  • Spacecraft
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites