Title :
Design and analysis of quasi-periodic circular-like formation around an oblate earth at subcritical inclination
Author :
Guangyan Xu ; Zhi Du
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Autom., Shenyang Aerosp. Univ., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
The possibility to obtain a natural periodic satellite formation is investigated at the special inclinations. This paper shows a quasi-periodic formation under J2 perturbation at a special inclination, which is called the Subcritical Inclination (i = 49.1°/130.9° ). Its correctness is proved and formation design is studied at this inclination. Numerical simulations are performed to verify the proposed quasi-periodic relative orbit.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; numerical analysis; perturbation techniques; J2 perturbation; numerical simulations; oblate Earth; periodic satellite formation; quasiperiodic circular-like formation analysis; quasiperiodic circular-like formation design; subcritical inclination; Aerodynamics; Earth; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Orbits; Satellites; Trajectory; J2 Perturbation; Satellite Formation; Simulation; Subcritical Inclination;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2013 25th Chinese
Conference_Location :
Guiyang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5533-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCDC.2013.6561494
