Satellites - Orbits and Mission (gnv64)

Satellites - Orbits and Mission
By Michel Capderou
Springer | 2005 | ISBN: 2287213171 | 564 pages | File type: PDF | 55.2 mb

This book treats the subject of satellite orbits, showing how the wide range of available orbits can be put to use to satisfy the needs of fields as varied as communications, positioning, remote-sensing, meteorology, and astronomy. The satellite is first discussed in the context of the laws of space mechanics. The various categories of orbit (circular, elliptical, high, low, geostationary, and sun-synchronous) are then presented, together with the problem of sampling (when and how the satellite views its target).

CONTENTS
1 KeplerianMotion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 1
2 Satellite in Keplerian Orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3 Satellite in Perturbed Orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4 Motion of Orbit, Earth and Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
5 Orbit and Ground Track of a Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...175
6 Orbit Relative to the Sun. Crossing Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....265
7 Orbit Relative to the Earth. Recurrence and Altitude . . . . ..............293
8 View from the Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
9 Temporal and Angular Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
10 Satellites of Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
11 Satellites of Other Celestial Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499