Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012cemda.112..253v&link_type=abstract
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Volume 112, Issue 3, pp.253-282
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Unified State Model, Quaternion, Modified Rodrigues Parameters, Orbit Propagation, Exponential Map, Hodograph
Scientific paper
The Unified State Model is a method for expressing orbits using a set of seven elements. The elements consist of a quaternion and three parameters based on the velocity hodograph. A complete derivation of the original model is given in addition to two proposed modifications. Both modifications reduce the number of state elements from seven to six by replacing the quaternion with either modified Rodrigues parameters or the Exponential Map. Numerical simulations comparing the original Unified State Model, the Unified State Model with modified Rodrigues parameters, and the Unified State Model with Exponential Map, with the traditional Cartesian coordinates have been carried out. The Unified State Model and its derivatives outperform the Cartesian coordinates for all orbit cases in terms of accuracy and computational speed, except for highly eccentric perturbed orbits. The performance of the Unified State Model is exceptionally better for the case of orbits with continuous low-thrust propulsion with CPU simulation time being an order of magnitude lower than for the simulation using Cartesian coordinates. This makes the Unified State Model an excellent state propagator for mission optimizations.
Mooij E.
Naeije M. C.
Vittaldev V.
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