farshad shamlu; Abolghasem Naghash
Volume 10, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
In this study, a different approach to the prediction of satellite position is introduced.All methods are based on the Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and the orbitalperturbations such as the Earth’s oblateness, atmospheric drag, third-body perturbationand the solar-radiation pressure. ...
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In this study, a different approach to the prediction of satellite position is introduced.All methods are based on the Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and the orbitalperturbations such as the Earth’s oblateness, atmospheric drag, third-body perturbationand the solar-radiation pressure. All these perturbations are modeled and are includedseparately in the equation. However, this paper offers a new view of the prediction whichsuggests the use of artificial neural networks and observation data. The advantage of thismethod is based on the usage of observation data, so that all disturbances are taken intoaccount and there is no need to use perturbation models. For this reason, the use of theTLE as the most reachable actual data is considered. Comparison of the output of thismethod with actual data shows the accuracy of the proposed method which is very high.