APL COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER,

Abstract

Coordinate systems used by APL are an inertial coordinate xed geodetic coordinate system. The inertial coordinate systems is that one in which the satellite is tracked and ephemerides computed; this is described in Section I. The earth-fixed geocentric coordinate system furnishes the 'tie' between the satellite in inertial space and the tracking station of the rotating Earth, and is discussed in Section II. The tracking stations are specified in some geodetic coordinate system which in turn is related to the earth-fixed geocentric coordinate system and is covered in Section III.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 03, 1964
Accession Number
AD0622478

Entities

People

  • F. T. Heuring

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Ephemerides
  • Stations
  • Tracking Stations

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Computer Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris