DISTRIBUTION OF LOOK ANGLES TO A NEAR SYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE

Abstract

There is interest in determining the distribution of look angles to a near synchronous equatorial satellite for ground stations at various latitudes. A computer program was written to determine these distributions with ground station latitude and minimum acceptable look angle as parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 08, 1965
Accession Number
AD0621746

Entities

People

  • Maxine H. Simon

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Elevation
  • Equatorial Orbits
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Ground Stations
  • Latitude
  • Massachusetts
  • Military Forces (United States)
  • Orbits
  • Security
  • Stations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites