The determination and analysis of the orbit of NIMBUS 1 ROCKET, 1964-52B: Part 1: The orbits |
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| Authors: | WJ Boulton |
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| Institution: | Earth Satellite Research Unit, Department of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Aston in Birmingham, Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K. |
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| 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. |
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