Technical note: Perturbations on a stationary satellite by the longitude-dependent terms in mars' gravitational field

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-715

  Alvarellos, José Luis ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

DELTA-V; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; FIRST-ORDER ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; SMALL AMPLITUDE; STATION KEEPING; TECHNICAL NOTES;

SATELLITES;

EID: 80052714623     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03321524     Document Type: Article

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