Efficient semi-analytic integration of GNSS orbits under tesseral effects
- 1 C/Columnas de Hercules 1, San Fernando, Spain
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Universidad de La Rioja
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ISSN: 0094-5765
Any de publicació: 2014
Volum: 102
Pàgines: 355-366
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Acta Astronautica
Resum
The algebra underlying the elimination of the parallax transformation is known to be useful in relegating short-period effects due to tesseral harmonics of the Geopotential. In the case of low-eccentricity orbits, a judicious selection of the generating function of the relegation algorithm allows for a straightforward simplification. Application to low-eccentricity orbits in the medium Earth orbits region illustrates the benefits of the relegation approach. © 2013 IAA.