Paper treats problem of oblateness effect on Earth satellites and ballistic missiles in terms of expected deviations in position prediction relative to ideal Keplerian orbit; closed form solutions in variations in radius, in-plane angle, and lateral displacement have following features -- easily instrumented in real time tracking and prediction systems; no restrictions on eccentricity, including orbits with escape velocities; and physical insight into oblateness effect on freeflight trajectories.


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    Title :

    Perturbational variations in ballistic missile or satellite orbit about oblate earth


    Additional title:

    AIAA J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 1 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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