Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722345068
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Long-term orbital lifetime predictions are analyzed. Predictions were made for three satellites: the Solar Max Mission (SMM), the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), and the Pegasus Boiler Plate (BP). A technique is discussed for determining an appropriate ballistic coefficient to use in the lifetime prediction. The orbital decay rate should be monitored regularly. Ballistic coefficient updates should be done whenever there is a significant change in the actual decay rate or in the solar activity prediction. Dreher, P. E. and Lyons, A. T. Marshall Space Flight Center ...
Long-Term Orbital Lifetime Predictions
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722345068
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Long-term orbital lifetime predictions are analyzed. Predictions were made for three satellites: the Solar Max Mission (SMM), the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), and the Pegasus Boiler Plate (BP). A technique is discussed for determining an appropriate ballistic coefficient to use in the lifetime prediction. The orbital decay rate should be monitored regularly. Ballistic coefficient updates should be done whenever there is a significant change in the actual decay rate or in the solar activity prediction. Dreher, P. E. and Lyons, A. T. Marshall Space Flight Center ...
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722345068
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Long-term orbital lifetime predictions are analyzed. Predictions were made for three satellites: the Solar Max Mission (SMM), the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), and the Pegasus Boiler Plate (BP). A technique is discussed for determining an appropriate ballistic coefficient to use in the lifetime prediction. The orbital decay rate should be monitored regularly. Ballistic coefficient updates should be done whenever there is a significant change in the actual decay rate or in the solar activity prediction. Dreher, P. E. and Lyons, A. T. Marshall Space Flight Center ...
Long-term Orbital Lifetime Predictions
Author: P. E. Dreher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Long-term Orbital Lifetime Predictions
Author: P. E. Dreher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
On the Prediction of Satellite Orbit Decay and Impact
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Presentation of problems associated with predicting satellite orbit decay plus a description of several computer programs for computing long-term orbit decay, model atmospheres, and final decay and re-entry. Computation of long-term orbit decay using the RAND Satellite Lifetime Program is illustrated for Explorer 9, and the orbit-decay data from the satellite are used to derive a current model atmosphere different from any standard atmospheres and permitting, in subsequent decay computations, a good long-term prediction capability. Computation of final orbit decay with both the Satellite Lifetime Program and the RAND ROCKET Program is then illustrated for the case of Cosmos 5; in this case adjustment of the satellite's ballistic coefficient is used to adjust effectively a model atmosphere to simulate the current atmosphere. (Author).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Presentation of problems associated with predicting satellite orbit decay plus a description of several computer programs for computing long-term orbit decay, model atmospheres, and final decay and re-entry. Computation of long-term orbit decay using the RAND Satellite Lifetime Program is illustrated for Explorer 9, and the orbit-decay data from the satellite are used to derive a current model atmosphere different from any standard atmospheres and permitting, in subsequent decay computations, a good long-term prediction capability. Computation of final orbit decay with both the Satellite Lifetime Program and the RAND ROCKET Program is then illustrated for the case of Cosmos 5; in this case adjustment of the satellite's ballistic coefficient is used to adjust effectively a model atmosphere to simulate the current atmosphere. (Author).
NASA Technical Paper
Orbital Debris
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309051258
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecraft performing communications, navigation, scientific, and other missions now share Earth orbit with spent rocket bodies, nonfunctional spacecraft, fragments from spacecraft breakups, and other debris created as a byproduct of space operations. Orbital Debris examines the methods we can use to characterize orbital debris, estimates the magnitude of the debris population, and assesses the hazard that this population poses to spacecraft. Potential methods to protect spacecraft are explored. The report also takes a close look at the projected future growth in the debris population and evaluates approaches to reducing that growth. Orbital Debris offers clear recommendations for targeted research on the debris population, for methods to improve the protection of spacecraft, on methods to reduce the creation of debris in the future, and much more.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309051258
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecraft performing communications, navigation, scientific, and other missions now share Earth orbit with spent rocket bodies, nonfunctional spacecraft, fragments from spacecraft breakups, and other debris created as a byproduct of space operations. Orbital Debris examines the methods we can use to characterize orbital debris, estimates the magnitude of the debris population, and assesses the hazard that this population poses to spacecraft. Potential methods to protect spacecraft are explored. The report also takes a close look at the projected future growth in the debris population and evaluates approaches to reducing that growth. Orbital Debris offers clear recommendations for targeted research on the debris population, for methods to improve the protection of spacecraft, on methods to reduce the creation of debris in the future, and much more.
Hamiltonian Perturbation Solutions for Spacecraft Orbit Prediction
Author: MartÃn Lara
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110667320
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
"Analytical solutions to the orbital motion of celestial objects have been nowadays mostly replaced by numerical solutions, but they are still irreplaceable whenever speed is to be preferred to accuracy, or to simplify a dynamical model. In this book, the most common orbital perturbations problems are discussed according to the Lie transforms method, which is the de facto standard in analytical orbital motion calculations"--Print version, page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110667320
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
"Analytical solutions to the orbital motion of celestial objects have been nowadays mostly replaced by numerical solutions, but they are still irreplaceable whenever speed is to be preferred to accuracy, or to simplify a dynamical model. In this book, the most common orbital perturbations problems are discussed according to the Lie transforms method, which is the de facto standard in analytical orbital motion calculations"--Print version, page 4 of cover.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
NASA Technical Paper
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Lifetimes of Lunar Satellite Orbits
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722338787
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Space Exploration Initiative has generated a renewed interest in lunar mission planning. The lunar missions currently under study, unlike the Apollo missions, involve long stay times. Several lunar gravity models have been formulated, but mission planners do not have enough confidence in the proposed models to conduct detailed studies of missions with long stay times. In this report, a particular lunar gravitational model, the Ferrari 5 x 5 model, was chosen to determine the lifetimes for 100-km and 300-km perilune altitude, near-circular parking orbits. The need to analyze orbital lifetimes for a large number of initial orbital parameters was the motivation for the formulation of a simplified gravitational model from the original model. Using this model, orbital lifetimes were found to be heavily dependent on the initial conditions of the nearly circular orbits, particularly the initial inclination and argument of perilune. This selected model yielded lifetime predictions of less than 40 days for some orbits, and other orbits had lifetimes exceeding a year. Although inconsistencies and limitations are inherent in all existing lunar gravity models, primarily because of a lack of information about the far side of the moon, the methods presented in this analysis are suitable for incorporating the moon's nonspherical gravitational effects on the preliminary design level for future lunar mission planning. Meyer, Kurt W. and Buglia, James J. and Desai, Prasun N. Langley Research Center RTOP 506-49-11-01...
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722338787
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Space Exploration Initiative has generated a renewed interest in lunar mission planning. The lunar missions currently under study, unlike the Apollo missions, involve long stay times. Several lunar gravity models have been formulated, but mission planners do not have enough confidence in the proposed models to conduct detailed studies of missions with long stay times. In this report, a particular lunar gravitational model, the Ferrari 5 x 5 model, was chosen to determine the lifetimes for 100-km and 300-km perilune altitude, near-circular parking orbits. The need to analyze orbital lifetimes for a large number of initial orbital parameters was the motivation for the formulation of a simplified gravitational model from the original model. Using this model, orbital lifetimes were found to be heavily dependent on the initial conditions of the nearly circular orbits, particularly the initial inclination and argument of perilune. This selected model yielded lifetime predictions of less than 40 days for some orbits, and other orbits had lifetimes exceeding a year. Although inconsistencies and limitations are inherent in all existing lunar gravity models, primarily because of a lack of information about the far side of the moon, the methods presented in this analysis are suitable for incorporating the moon's nonspherical gravitational effects on the preliminary design level for future lunar mission planning. Meyer, Kurt W. and Buglia, James J. and Desai, Prasun N. Langley Research Center RTOP 506-49-11-01...