TRACE Trajectory Analysis and Orbit Determination Program. Volume VII. User's Guide, Part B: Appendices (Reissue B)

Abstract

The TRACE Trajectory Analysis and Orbit Determination Program is a general-purpose orbital analysis program. It was written and continues to be developed specifically to assist technical personnel in the analysis and design of satellite orbits and tracking systems. Volume VII is intended to serve as in input usage guide that defines all input required to perform TRACE functions such as trajectory generation, data/observation generation, orbit determination, and statistical analysis. The report contains the appendices which includes: Description of the general-purpose input routine GAIL 1; Trace data deck structure examples; Sample output descriptions; and Trace input forms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783729

Entities

People

  • Dennis C. Walker
  • Robert H. Prislin
  • Robert J. Mercer
  • Willard D. Downs Iii

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Covariance
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Mean Field Theory
  • Orbits
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Real Variables
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris