Orbital lifetime capabilities of digital programs RMDAP and Monster
Abstract
The orbital lifetime study capabilities of the Reference Mission Design and Analysis Program (RMDAP) and the Apollo Mission Planning and Real-Time Rendezvous Support Program (ARRS or Monster) were studied. Output and program versatility, that is, the methods with which each program permits user definition of the major factors affecting orbital lifetimes, are discussed. In addition, orbit maintenance is examined and sample runs are compared. Since each program has special capabilities in different areas, it is left to the investigator's discretion as to the preferable program to employ for his lifetime study purposes.
- Publication:
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Space Shuttle Engineering and Operations Support McDonnell-Douglas Technical Services Co
- Pub Date:
- January 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975sseo.rept......
- Keywords:
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- Computer Programs;
- Digital Techniques;
- Orbital Mechanics;
- Spacecraft Orbits;
- Mission Planning;
- Orbital Rendezvous;
- Real Time Operation;
- Rendezvous Trajectories;
- Astrodynamics