ORBIT DIFFERENTIAL CORRECTION - TRACKING PROGRAM. VOLUME 3. SATELLITE ORBIT PREDICTION PROGRAM

Abstract

This document presents the formulation, computational logic, and coding information developed for the purpose of tracking an artificial earth satellite in an open-loop mode. The program was developed as a FORTRAN IV, IBM 7094 program which uses the standard North American Aviation monitor system (NAASYS version 13). The logic presented is intended for use in developing a similar program for the Packard Bell 250 digital computer. The trajectory prediction portion of the program is a general perturbation formulation developed by Anthony G. Lubowe of Bell Telephone Laboratories. The tracking portion of the program can accept as many as ten tracking stations and outputs range, range-rate, azimuth and elevation data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0633628

Entities

People

  • George E. Townsend

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Digital Computers
  • Elevation
  • New York
  • Orbits
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Tracking Stations
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects