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Accession Number:
AD0623017
Title:
HAYSTACK POINTING SYSTEM: MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SATELLITES AND BELTS
Corporate Author:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB
Report Date:
1965-09-23
Abstract:
Satellites are implicitly completely described by their orbital elements. The conditions for going from the mean orbital elements of a satellite to osculating elements considering perturbations caused by the ellipsoidal earth, and then to celestial coordinates and their rates of change are derived. For belts, it is necessary to fix a point at which it is desired to direct an antenna. This is done by taking the intersection of a right- ascension half-plane, a geodetic longitude half-plane, a declination cone, or a time varying central angle vector with the belt. The equations for determining this point from the mean orbital elements and the intersecting surface or ray are derived.
Descriptive Note:
Technical note
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0623017
Pages:
0042
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Contract Number:
AF 19(628)-5167
File Size:
1.67MB
