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Simulation of free fall and resonances in the GOCE mission
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SYSNO ASEP 0333664 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Simulation of free fall and resonances in the GOCE mission Author(s) Bezděk, Aleš (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
Klokočník, Jaroslav (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
Kostelecký, J. (CZ)
Floberghagen, R. (IT)
Gruber, Christian (ASU-R)Source Title Journal of Geodynamics. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0264-3707
Roč. 48, č. 1 (2009), s. 47-53Number of pages 7 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords GOCE ; orbital propagator ; orbital resonance Subject RIV BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics CEZ AV0Z10030501 - ASU-R (2005-2011) UT WOS 000267567500006 DOI 10.1016/j.jog.2009.01.007 Annotation Using the full-scale numerical propagator, we investigated the satellite’s free fall from the initial injection altitude of 280 km down to the first measurement phase altitude (at 264 km). Then we studied suitable repeat cycles (resonant orbits) for measurement operational phases in the vicinity of 16:1 resonance; we found that they differ greatly in stability towards small perturbations of the satellite’s mean altitude and in temporal evolution of the groundtrack coverage. Workplace Astronomical Institute Contact Radka Svašková, bibl@asu.cas.cz, Tel.: 323 620 326 Year of Publishing 2010
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