Program KMEC (Kozai Mean Element Converter): The Computation of Kozai Mean Orbital Elements Using a Nonsingular Formulation

Abstract

A geopotential expressed in terms of a nonsingular set of orbital elements is used to iteratively compute Kozai mean orbital elements from either Brouwer mean orbital elements or inertial osculating Cartesian position and velocity vectors. Although the computational procedure is general in nature, KMEC has been tailored to generate Kozai mean orbital element sets for satellites tracked by the MX 1502-DS and modified TRANET II geoceivers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA153803

Entities

People

  • A. D. Parks

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Converters
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geodetic Satellites
  • Geopotential
  • Hard Copy
  • Orbital Elements
  • Orbits
  • Periodic Variations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Space Surveillance
  • Space Systems
  • Supervisors

Readers

  • Linear Algebra
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris