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Chapter 8 Geostationary <strong>Orbit</strong> <strong>Determination</strong> And Prediction During <strong>Satellite</strong> Maneuvers<br />

CHAPTER 8 GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT DETERMINATION AND<br />

PREDICTION DURING SATELLITE MANEUVERS<br />

Geostationary satellites (GEO) are important candidates for the GNSS-2 system. Theoretically, a geostationary<br />

orbit is one where the orbit has the same period as the earth's rotation period, and remains at a “fixed” point on<br />

the sky at all times and stationary over a single point on the Earth's surface. The orbit is a circle and the orbit<br />

must lie in the earth's equatorial plane.<br />

Because <strong>of</strong> various perturbations such as nonspheric earth gravitation, solar and lunar attractions, once a satellite<br />

is placed in the proper position <strong>of</strong> geostationary orbit, it doesn't stay there, it tends to drift.<br />

Geostationary satellite drifts can be divided into two parts, one is the in-plane drift and the other is the out-<strong>of</strong>plane<br />

drift. The in-plane drift is caused by changes <strong>of</strong> the orbital parameter longitude <strong>of</strong> the ascending node, Ω .<br />

The out-<strong>of</strong>-plane drift is produced by variation <strong>of</strong> the orbital parameter inclination <strong>of</strong> orbit, i.<br />

When geostationary satellite drifts away from its “fixed” position, satellite maneuver or station keeping<br />

operation will be started. The operation frequency is dependent on the deadbands, normally 0.1 degree or larger.<br />

Regular weekly or two weekly longitude maneuvers may be preferred for simplicity, inclination maneuvers will<br />

be less frequent, larger and will normally have an in-plane component that will need to be corrected rapidly<br />

(Dow, 1999). For almost weekly maneuvers, geostationary satellite is very difficult to be used for navigation<br />

application purpose.<br />

MEO and IGSO satellites also meet the maneuver problems, but it is not so serious as GEO satellites, because<br />

the frequencies <strong>of</strong> maneuver operation for MEO and IGSO are much lower than for GEO satellites. Therefore in<br />

this chapter, the emphasis is on GEO satellite maneuvers. The kinematic orbit determination method discussed in<br />

Chapter 6 will be used to solve this problem during GEO satellite maneuvers.<br />

8.1 Perturbations <strong>of</strong> Geostationary <strong>Satellite</strong><br />

For geostationary satellite maneuvers or stationkeeping, the changes <strong>of</strong> orbital parameters longitude <strong>of</strong> the<br />

ascending node Ω and inclination <strong>of</strong> orbit i under influence <strong>of</strong> the perturbations are very important. The<br />

changes <strong>of</strong> these two parameters are analyzed as follows.<br />

The orbital elements and time are related to perturbation functions by the following system <strong>of</strong> differential<br />

equations, also called Lagrange equations:<br />

da R<br />

=<br />

dt na M<br />

de e R e R<br />

=<br />

dt na e M na e<br />

d<br />

i R e R<br />

dt na e i i na e e<br />

di<br />

R i R<br />

dt na e i na e i<br />

d<br />

R<br />

dt na e i i<br />

dM e R R<br />

n<br />

dt na e e na a<br />

−<br />

−<br />

−<br />

−<br />

=−<br />

+<br />

−<br />

−<br />

=<br />

+<br />

−<br />

−<br />

=<br />

−<br />

= − −<br />

2 ∂<br />

�<br />

∂<br />

�<br />

�<br />

2<br />

2<br />

1 ∂ 1 ∂<br />

�<br />

2<br />

2<br />

�<br />

∂<br />

∂ω<br />

�<br />

2 �<br />

ω cos ∂ 1 ∂ �<br />

2 2<br />

2<br />

1 sin ∂<br />

∂ �<br />

�<br />

�<br />

1 ∂ cos ∂ �<br />

2 2 2 2 �<br />

1 sin ∂Ω<br />

1 sin ∂ω<br />

�<br />

Ω 1 ∂<br />

�<br />

�<br />

2 2<br />

1 sin ∂<br />

�<br />

2<br />

�<br />

1 ∂ 2 ∂<br />

−<br />

�<br />

2 ∂ ∂<br />

��<br />

95<br />

(8-1)

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