Title :
Orbit modeling related to cartwheel geometry
Author :
Gebhardt, U. ; Loffeld, O. ; Nies, H. ; Peters, V.
Author_Institution :
Center for Sensorsyst., Siegen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
This paper suggests a way to calculate a "realistic" orbit model. A satellite is always subject to several perturbations caused by inhomogeneities in the Earth\´s gravitational field, atmospheric drag, solar pressure and further stochastic influences. For most of these perturbations, especially for gravitation and atmospheric drag there are models existing, whereas in this paper we will confine ourselves to the gravitational influence.
Keywords :
Kalman filters; artificial satellites; celestial mechanics; filtering theory; gravitation; stochastic processes; Earth gravitational field; atmospheric drag; cartwheel geometry; gravitation; orbit modeling; satellite; solar pressure; stochastic influences; Acceleration; Atmospheric modeling; Earth; Equations; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geometry; Orbital calculations; Satellites; Solid modeling; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294868
