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Shapiro, Bruce
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Computing Satellite Maneuvers For A Repeating Ground Track
TOPEX/POSEIDON Ground Track Maintenance Maneuver Targeting Program (GTARG) assists in designing maneuvers to maintain orbit of TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite. Targeting strategies used either maximize time between maneuvers or force control band exit to occur at specified intervals. Runout mode allows for ground-track propagation without targeting. GTARG incorporates analytic mean-element propagation algorithm accounting for all perturbations known to cause significant variations in ground track. Perturbations include oblateness of Earth, luni-solar gravitation, drag, thrusts associated with impulsive maneuvers, and unspecified fixed forces acting on satellite in direction along trajectory. Written in VAX-FORTRAN.
In Orbit Evaluation of TOPEX/POSEIDON Orbit Maintenance Techniques
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