Parallel Version of Special Perturbations Orbit Propagator

Abstract

Parallelization can be achieved by either control or domain decomposition. The latter was tried for analytic and semianalytic propagators. Neal and Coffey discuss the domain decomposition for special perturbations. The control decomposition idea is inefficient for analytic propagators, because the computation time is too short. In this report we discuss a control decomposition approach to parallelize a numerical orbit propagator which may be more computationally intensive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 09, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358706

Entities

People

  • Beny Neta

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Decomposition
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Information Processing
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Parallel Computing
  • Perturbations
  • Virtual Machines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris