Intermediary LEO propagation including higher order zonal harmonics

  1. Hautesserres, D. 1
  2. Lara, M. 2
  1. 1 Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
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    Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

    París, Francia

    ROR https://ror.org/04h1h0y33

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revista:
Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy

ISSN: 0923-2958

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 127

Número: 4

Páginas: 505-526

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1007/S10569-016-9736-6 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84991407760 WoS: WOS:000400095200005 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy

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Resumen

Two new intermediary orbits of the artificial satellite problem are proposed. The analytical solutions include higher order effects of the geopotential, and are obtained by means of a torsion transformation applied to the quasi-Keplerian system resulting after the elimination of the parallax simplification, for the first intermediary, and after the elimination of the parallax and perigee simplifications, for the second one. The new intermediaries perform notably well for low Earth orbits propagation, are free from special functions, and result advantageous, both in accuracy and efficiency, when compared to the standard Cowell integration of the (Formula presented.) problem, thus providing appealing alternatives for onboard, short-term, orbit propagation under limited computational resources. © 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht