A program for orbit determination associated with launching and station keeping of 24 hours satellites
- Paper ID
1968-AT142
- author
- company
ELDO
- country
France
- year
1968
- abstract
An orbit determination method Is described which Is tailored for estimating the transfer orbit and orbits encountered during positioning and station keeping of a geostatlonnary satellite, from observation of azimuth and elevation (or the equivalent) of a single autotrack antenna, the ultimate version Is Intended for use In Fl1, P.A.S, 1 and subsequent ELDO launchings.