TY - GEN A1 - Zentgraf, Peter A1 - Erb, S. ED - Zentgraf, Peter T1 - IMPACT OF ELECTRIC PROPULSION UNCERTAINTY ON ORBIT PREDICTION N2 - This paper analyses the achievable performance of the orbit prediction for a geostationary satellite using clusters of electrical propulsion (EP) thrusters for station-keeping and a star tracker based attitude control system. The challenge in the orbit prediction is that the real electrical propulsion thrust is known with limited accuracy only. In combination with thrust pointing errors, these inaccuracies can accumulate to large orbit position errors during long low thrust burn arcs. The discrepancy between real and predicted satellite position is determined in terms of probability and as a worst case scenario. KW - Orbit prediction KW - Electric propulsion KW - Satellite position Y1 - 2018 ER -