SATELLITE ORBIT UNDER INFLUENCE OF A DRAG - ANALYTICAL APPROACH

Serbian Astronomical Journal

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M. M. Martinovi´c¹  S. D. Segan¹ 

[1] Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade

关键词: Atmospheric effects;    Celestial mechanics;   

DOI  :  10.2298/SAJ1795053M

来源: Astronomical Observatory, Department of Astronomy, Belgrade

【 摘 要 】

The report studies some changes in orbital elements of the artificial satellites of Earth under influence of atmospheric drag. In order to develop possibilities of applying the results in many future cases, an analytical interpretation of the orbital element perturbations is given via useful, but very long expressions. The development is based on the TD88 air density model, recently upgraded with some additional terms. Some expressions and formulae were developed by the computer algebra system Mathematica and tested in some hypothetical cases. The results have good agreement with iterative (numerical) approach.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND