• Title/Summary/Keyword: Third-body perturbations

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Orbital Elements Evolution Due to a Perturbing Body in an Inclined Elliptical Orbit

  • Rahoma, W.A
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.199-204
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    • 2014
  • This paper intends to highlight the effect of the third-body in an inclined orbit on a spacecraft orbiting the primary mass. To achieve this goal, a new origin of coordinate is introduced in the primary and the X-axis toward the node of the spacecraft. The disturbing function is expanded up to the second order using Legendre polynomials. A double-averaged analytical model is exploited to produce the evolutions of mean orbital elements as smooth curves.

Resonance Capture for a Mercurian Orbiter in the Vicinity of Sun

  • Khattab, Elamira Hend;El-Salam, Fawzy Ahmed Abd;Rahoma, Walid A.
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.93-103
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    • 2021
  • In this work, the problem of resonance caused by some gravitational potentials due to Mercury and a third body, namely the Sun, together with some non-gravitational perturbations, specifically coronal mass ejections and solar wind in addition to radiation pressure, are investigated. Some simplifying assumptions without loss of accuracy are employed. The considered force model is constructed. Then the Delaunay canonical set is introduced. The Hamiltonian of the problem is obtained then it is expressed in terms of the Deluanay canonical set. The Hamiltonian is re-ordered to adopt it to the perturbation technique used to solve the problem. The Lie transform method is surveyed. The Hamiltonian is doubly averaged. The resonance capture is investigated. Finally, some numerical simulations are illustrated and are analyzed. Many resonant inclinations are revealed.

The Estimation of Fuel Consumption of Satellites and Orbit Analysis under Orbit Perturbations (궤도섭동을 고려한 저궤도 위성의 추진제 소모량 예측 및 궤도 해석)

  • 정도희;이상기
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2003
  • In this work variations of orbital parameters are first derived from the perturbation equations using difference equation method under Earth oblateness and atmospheric drag. A simple and effective scheme is proposed to compute the required delta v and fuel consumption to compensate for atmospheric drag. The scheme is applied to KOMPSAT example. And by means of numerical simulations we quantitatively analyze influences due to each perturbation source, i.e., nonspherical Earth, atmospheric drag, third body gravities (Sun, Moon), and solar radiation.

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