Open AccessEffects of radiation pressure and earth’s oblatness on high altitude artificial satellite orbit
Author(s) -
Khalil I. Khalil,
Mohamed N.S. Ismail
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
astronomy studies development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2038-9620
pISSN - 2038-9612
DOI - 10.4081/708
Subject(s) - satellite , radiation pressure , harmonics , altitude (triangle) , physics , geocentric orbit , geodesy , orbit (dynamics) , radiation , orbital elements , equations of motion , meteorology , geophysics , classical mechanics , geology , aerospace engineering , mathematics , optics , astronomy , geometry , engineering , quantum mechanics , voltage
This paper is devoted to study the effects of radiation pressure together with tesseral and zonal harmonics on the high altitude artificial satellites orbits. The equations of motion were regularized by using the KS variables and the problem was solved numerically using the fourth order of Runge Kutta method. A numerical testing was performed on Lageos-1 satellite in order to analyze its orbital changes due to effects of both radiation pressure and Earth's oblateness.