The determination and analysis of the orbit of NIMBUS 1 ROCKET, 1964-52B Part 1: The orbits
Abstract
Orbital parameters of the satellite NIMBUS 1 ROCKET (1964-52B) have been determined at 285 epochs using about 14,500 optical and radar observations during the last 2233 days of its life. 1964-52B was in an orbit inclined at about 98.7° to the Equator and it decayed on 13 August 1974. The orbital elements were found using the RAE orbit refinement program PROP 6 giving average orbital accuracies in perigee height and inclination at 110 m and 0.002° respectively.
- Publication:
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Planetary and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0032-0633(85)90052-2
- Bibcode:
- 1985P&SS...33..721B
- Keywords:
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- Nimbus 1 Satellite;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Satellite Orbits;
- Ground Stations;
- Optical Measurement;
- Orbital Elements;
- Radar Measurement;
- Tables (Data);
- Astrodynamics