Geostationary Transfer Orbit Mission Analysis Software Development

The Korean first geostationary meteorological satellite, COMS, will be launched during second half of 2009. For the next meteorological geostationary satellite mission, KARI is now preparing the development process and tools. As one of the endeavor, a software tool is being developed for the analysis and design of geostationary transfer orbit. Generally, these kind of tools should be able to do various analysis works like apogee burn planning, dispersion analysis, ground visibility analysis, and launch window analysis etc. In this presentation, a brief introduction about a design process and analysis software tool development. And simulated calculation results are provided for the geostationary transfer orbit. These software can be used for the next geostationary satellite mission design and development.