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Analytical solutions of the relative orbital motion in unperturbed and in J2 - perturbed elliptic orbits
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This paper introduces a different approach to obtain the exact solution of the relative equations of motion of a deputy (follower) satellite with respect to a chief (leader) satellite that both rotate about central body (Earth) in elliptic orbits by using Laplace transformation. Moreover, the paper will take the perturbation due to the oblateness of the Earth into consideration and simulate this problem with numerical example showing the effect of the perturbation on the Keplerian motion. The solution of such equations in this work is represented in terms of the eccentricity of the chief orbit and its true anomaly as the independent variable.
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Relative motion of two satellites, Tschauner Hempel equations, J2 Perturbation, Laplace transformation, 37N05, 70F15
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El-Shaboury, S. M., Ammar, M., & Yousef, W. (2017). Analytical solutions of the relative orbital motion in unperturbed and in J2 - perturbed elliptic orbits. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 2(2), 403–414. https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2017.2.00032
S. M. El-Shaboury, M. Ammar and W. Yousef, “Analytical solutions of the relative orbital motion in unperturbed and in J2 - perturbed elliptic orbits,” Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 403–414, 2017, doi: 10.21042/AMNS.2017.2.00032.
El-Shaboury SM, Ammar M, Yousef W. Analytical solutions of the relative orbital motion in unperturbed and in J2 - perturbed elliptic orbits. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences. 2017;2(2):403–414. doi:10.21042/AMNS.2017.2.00032.
El-Shaboury, S. M., Ammar, M. and Yousef, W. (2017), ‘Analytical solutions of the relative orbital motion in unperturbed and in J2 - perturbed elliptic orbits’, Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 2(2), pp. 403–414. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2017.2.00032.
El-Shaboury, S. M., et al. “Analytical Solutions of the Relative Orbital Motion in Unperturbed and in J2 - Perturbed Elliptic Orbits.” Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, vol. 2, no. 2, 2017, pp. 403–414. https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2017.2.00032.
El-Shaboury, S. M., M.k. Ammar, and W.m. Yousef. “Analytical Solutions of the Relative Orbital Motion in Unperturbed and in J2 - Perturbed Elliptic Orbits.” Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences 2, no. 2 (2017): 403–414. https://doi.org/10.21042/AMNS.2017.2.00032.
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