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Solutions of Geopotential Perturbations

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After an introduction, the principle of the derivations of the geopotential perturbations on an Earth satellite will be discussed first. Then the disturbed basic Lagrangian equations of satellite motion and the simplifying algorithms are outlined. The orbit solutions disturbed by the geopotential are derived up to 8 × 8 orders and degrees, which are sufficient and necessary for orbit determination of satellites similar to that of GPS.

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  1. GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Guochang Xu

  2. Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, China

    Guochang Xu

  3. Brettnacher Straße 19, Berlin, Germany

    Jia Xu

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Xu, G., Xu, J. (2013). Solutions of Geopotential Perturbations. In: Orbits. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32793-3_6

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