Synopses & Reviews
This book presents fundmentals of orbit determination--from weighted least squares approaches (Gauss) to today's high-speed computer algorithms that provide accuracy within a few centimeters. Numerous examples and problems are provided to enhance readers' understanding of the material.
*Covers such topics as coordinate and time systems, square root filters, process noise techniques, and the use of fictitious parameters for absorbing un-modeled and incorrectly modeled forces acting on a satellite.
*Examples and exercises serve to illustrate the principles throughout each chapter.
*Detailed solutions to end-of-chapter exercises available to instructors.
Review
tifully crafted tome takes you to the frontiers of research."
--David Hughes, University of Sheffield, UK for NEW SCIENTIST, November 2004
Synopsis
This book presents fundmentals of orbit determination--from weighted least squares approaches (Gauss) to today's high-speed computer algorithms that provide accuracy within a few centimeters. Numerous examples and problems are provided to enhance readers' understanding of the material.
Table of Contents
1 Orbit Determination Concepts
2 The Orbit Problem
3 Observations
4 Fundamentals of Orbit Determination
5 Square-root Solution Methods
6 Consider Covariance Analysis
A Probability and Statistics
B Review of Matrix Concepts
C Equations of Motion
D Constants
E Analytical Theory for Near-Circular Orbits
F Example of State Noise and Dynamic Model Compensation
G Solution of the Linearized Equations of Motion
H ECI and ECF Transformation