• DocumentCode
    2675200
  • Title

    Special inclinations for satellite formations in near circular orbits

  • Author

    Xu, Guangyan ; Du, Zhi

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Autom., Shenyang Aerosp. Univ., Shenyang, China
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-25 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    3682
  • Lastpage
    3685
  • Abstract
    The possibility to obtain a natural periodic satellite formation is investigated. This paper shows that such formations under J2 perturbation have four possible inclinations, which are the inclination at equatorial orbit (i = 0°/180°), inclination at polar orbit (i = 90°), the critical inclination (i = 63.4°/116.6°) and the “succeeding critical inclination” (i = 49.1°/130.9°). Periodic and quasi-periodic relative orbits are introduced based on the special inclinations.
  • Keywords
    aerospace control; artificial satellites; critical inclination; equatorial orbit; natural periodic satellite formation; near circular orbits; periodic relative orbits; polar orbit; quasi-periodic relative orbits; special inclinations; succeeding critical inclination; Aerodynamics; Earth; Equations; Orbits; Satellites; Space vehicles; Trajectory; J2 Perturbation; Satellite Formation; Special Inclinations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2012 24th Chinese
  • Conference_Location
    Taiyuan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2073-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCDC.2012.6244589
  • Filename
    6244589
    • Link To Document
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