Development of a tool for prediction of the orbital parameters of earth observation satellites

2007-06-16
Altay, Alkan
Karsli, Gizem
Oezkan, Ahmet
Development of a tool that predicts the orbital parameters of a satellite from an initial state vector for a specified time interval is addressed. The elements used in the algorithm are presented. The prediction performance of the algorithm is demonstrated by using the two line elements of a GPS satellite and the CHAMP scientific satellite.

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Citation Formats
A. Altay, G. Karsli, and A. Oezkan, “Development of a tool for prediction of the orbital parameters of earth observation satellites,” 2007, p. 393, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67264.