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IMPACT OF ELECTRIC PROPULSION UNCERTAINTY ON ORBIT PREDICTION

  • 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.

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Author:Peter Zentgraf, S. Erb
Editor:Peter Zentgraf
Contributor(s):Sven Erb
Document Type:Other
Language:English
Publication Year:2009
Year of first Publication:2009
Tag:Electric propulsion; Orbit prediction; Satellite position
faculties / departments:Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten