A STUDY ON FUEL ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS FOR A GEOSTATIONARY COMMUNICATION & BROADCASTING SATELLITE

  • Eun, Jeong-Won (Communication Satellite System Section, Satellite Communications System Department, ETRI)
  • Published : 2000.12.01

Abstract

It has been developed to calculate fuel budget for a geostationary communication and broadcasting satellite. It is quite essential that the pre-launch fuel budget estimation must account for the deterministic transfer and drift orbit maneuver requirements. After on-station, the calculation of satellite lifetime should be based on the estimation of remaining fuel and assessment of actual performance. These estimations step from the proper algorithms to produce the prediction of satellite lifetime. This paper concentrates on the fuel estimation method that was studied for calculation of the propellant budget by using the given algorithms. Applications of this method are discussed for a communication and broadcasting satellite.

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