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Instantaneous Orbit Parameter Changes Produced by Impulsive Thrusting with Application to Orbit Adjust Design for Satellites in Small Eccentricity Orbits.

Allen Parks

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An impulsive thrust profile is applied to the Lagrange planetary equations to obtain analytic expressions for thrust-induced changes in orbital parameters. Approximations are introduced for small eccentricity orbits and are used to generate a set of graphical orbit adjust design program ORBADJ is discussed, and a program listing and sample output are presented. (Author)

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Key concepts: Eccentricity (behavior), Orbit (dynamics), Thrust, Orbital eccentricity, Elliptic orbit, Frozen orbit, Circular orbit, Orbital elements