Analysis of preselected orbit generator options for the draper semianalytic satellite theory

Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 272-281

  Sabol, Chris ^a   Carter, Scott ^a   Bii, Megan ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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