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Geosynchronous Satellite Orbit Determination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Sergei Rudenko
Sergei Rudenko*
Affiliation:
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Acad. of Sciences Golosiiv, Kiev, Ukraine

Abstract

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The paper presents the results of the orbit determination of geosynchronous satellites derived from 1921 positional observations of a few dozens of satellites obtained at the double wide-angle astrograph DWA (D=0.4m, F=2m) of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1985–1991. The observations cover the longitude range from 19° W to 80° E. Orbital inclination of the observed objects is less than 3°. The mean values of the rms residuals are 066 in R.A. and 101 in Dec. over all processed orbital arcs.

Type
Dynamics of Artificial Satellites and Space Debris
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 165: Dynamics and Astrometry of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies , 1997 , pp. 351 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997

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