@Article{OliveiraPrad:2014:MaOrLo,
author = "Oliveira, Thais Carneiro and Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini de
Almeida",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Mapping orbits with low station keeping costs for constellations
of satellites based on the integral over the time of the
perturbing forces",
journal = "Acta Astronautica",
year = "2014",
volume = "104",
number = "1",
pages = "350--361",
keywords = "Orbits, Trajectories, Orbital maneuvers, Perturbation forces,
Perturbing forces, Spacecraft dynamics, Station keeping, Space
flight.",
abstract = "The present paper is concerned with the search for orbits that
have potential to require low fuel consumption for station-keeping
maneuvers for constellations of satellites. The method used to
study this problem is based on the integral over the time of the
undesired perturbing forces. This integral measures the change of
velocity caused by the perturbation forces acting on the
satellite, so mapping orbits that are less perturbed, which
generates good candidates for orbits that requires low fuel
consumption for station-keeping maneuvers. The integral over the
time depends only on the orbit of the spacecraft and the dynamical
system considered. The type of engine and the control technique
applied to the spacecraft are not considered to search for those
orbits. It can be a good strategy to be applied for a first
mapping of orbits. For this search, it is analyzed the integral of
orbits with different values of the Keplerian elements in order to
find the best ones with respect to this criterion. The
perturbations considered are the ones caused by the third body,
which includes the Sun and the Moon, and the J2 term of the
geopotential. The results presented here show numerical
simulations to obtain the integral of those perturbing forces for
different orbits. The GPS and the Molniya constellations are used
as examples for those calculations.",
doi = "10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.06.035",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.06.035",
issn = "0094-5765",
label = "scopus 2014-11 OliveiraPrad:2014:MaOrLo",
language = "en",
urlaccessdate = "04 maio 2024"
}