Analysis of the orbit of 1971-30B at 15th-order resonance

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Dec 1986

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 34, Dec. 1986, p. 1319-1328.

Physics

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Orbit Calculation, Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics), Resonance, Satellite Orbits, Eccentricity, Geoids, Harmonics, Inclination, Rockets

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The orbit of the satellite 1971-30B (Tournesol rocket) has been determined from more than 2000 observations at 34 epochs spaced at 8-day intervals between March and November 1978 when the orbit was experiencing 15th-order resonance. The variations in the orbital inclination, which was near 46.4 deg, and in the eccentricity, which was near 0.01, have been analyzed to determine values of six lumped harmonics of order 1.5. In view of the fact that the orbit passed through resonance quite rapidly, the results are very satisfactory: the standard deviations of the lumped harmonics correspond to accuracies between 1 and 3 cm in geoid height.

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