PERTURBATION OF THE ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF A SYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE MOVING IN THE EARTH'S NON-CENTRAL GRAVITY FIELD,

Abstract

There have been a good many papers dealing with the effect of the non-centrality of the Earth's gravity field on the motion of an artificial satellite in the case where the mean motions are incommensurate. This paper derives analytic formulae for the first-order perturbations of the Keplerian orbital elements of a satellite, the unperturbed mean motion of which is equal to the Earth's angular velocity of rotation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693947

Entities

People

  • S. G. Zhuravlev

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Mathematics
  • Motion
  • Orbital Elements
  • Perturbations
  • Rotation
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris