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Semianalytical Orbit Theory

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Semianalytical theories provide tools for propagating perturbed satellite orbits. The power of these theories lies in the ability to efficiently calculate, and thereby comprehend, the orbital dynamics of satellites. In many cases of practical interest, as we will see in Chap. 14, satellite orbit control laws also utilize mean orbital elements. The mean elements are most commonly defined as doubly-averaged elements, obtained from a doubly-averaged Hamiltonian. However, the mean elements in the current chapter will be singly-averaged elements, obtained by removing the short-periodic oscillations only.

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  2. Department of Astronomy, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    P. Kenneth Seidelmann

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Gurfil, P., Seidelmann, P.K. (2016). Semianalytical Orbit Theory. In: Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50370-6_13

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