Oblate Earth Eclipse State Algorithm for Low-Earth-Orbiting Satellites

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-159

  Adhya, Sima ^a,b   Sibthorpe, Anthony ^a,b   Ziebart, Marek ^a,b   Cross, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geomatic Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EARTH (PLANET); FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; VECTORS;

EARTH CENTERED INERTIAL (ECI) COORDINATES; EARTH-ORBITING SATELLITES;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 1542711555     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.1485     Document Type: Article

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