Accession Number:

AD0255958

Title:

A QUICK METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL PREDICTION OF SATELLITE POSITION

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION CHINA LAKE CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• EVANS,C.L. JR.

Report Date:

1961-01-15

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

A technique was developed for using equatorcrossing ephemerides to make specific station satellite predictions. This is done with the help of a gnomonic projection map and a satellite coordinate conversion grid. The predictions made by this method are of sufficient accuracy for most optical and radio tracking purposes. Author

Descriptors:

• *NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• DETERMINATION
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• ORBITS
• POSITION FINDING

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE