Citation
Abstract
A precision special perturbations program that uses either Cowell’s method or a variation-of-parameters method to compute an elliptical orbit is analyzed to determine which mode is more efficient when computing satellite orbits. The results obtained indicate that the variation-of-parameters mode is significantly more efficient if the numerical integrator being used is optimized in that mode by varying the integration order and local error control and by using either a predictor or predictor-corrector algorithm.
Details
- Volume
- V
- Published
- October 15, 1971
- Pages
- 74–78
- File Size
- 423.2 KB