Perturbation effect on ground tracks of Molniya satellite orbits

Authors

Awad M.E., Faculty of Science - Cairo University, Egypt
Hassan I.A., Faculty of Science - Cairo University, Egypt
Dewdar H.R., Faculty of Science - Cairo University, Egypt
Tealib S.K., Faculty of Science - Cairo University, Egypt.

Corresponding Author

M.E., Awad

Document Type

Original Article

Subject Areas

Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

Artificial Satellites; Kozai's method; oblateness; solar radiation pressure; ground Track; Longitude; Latitude

Abstract

The main concern in the present research work is to define the basic requirements study of manyperturbations forces that affect ground tracks of Molniya satellite orbits.In this we are going to design a mathematical model to calculate the footprint of any satellite takinginto account the effect of disturbing forces (oblatness and solar radiation pressure) in order to get themost accurate sub-satellite point, matlab language is used to design program to calculate themathematical models of footprint satellites with numerical application of some different Molniyasatellites orbit.

How to Cite This Article

M.E., Awad; I.A., Hassan; H.R., Dewdar; and S.K., Tealib (2014) "Perturbation effect on ground tracks of Molniya satellite orbits," Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science: Vol. 25: Iss. 2, Article 12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/absb.2014.22671