On Determining the Plane of an Artificial Satellite's Orbit.

Abstract

The problem of rapidly and accurately determining the orbital plane of an artificial earth satellite from a short series (< or = 10 superscript m) of observations is posed and solved. The observations can be either angles only data or angles and angular rates. The accuracy is generally 5 deg. In addition, another look is given to the angular velocity distance estimation technique. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 1979
Accession Number
ADA066248

Entities

People

  • Laurence G. Taff

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Angular Momentum
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Deep Space
  • Eccentricity
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Observation
  • Orbital Elements
  • Orbits
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

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