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THEORETICAL AND MEASURED RESULTS ANALYSES OF EAST-WEST STATIONKEEPING FOR GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE

Xi Zheng;Tang Xisheng   

  • Published:1990-02-25

Abstract: The article describes quantitatively and qualitatively the princi- ples of the east-west stationkeeping for geostationary satellites.Aslo given here are certain important parameters which best reflect the characteristics of the east-west drift ring.The analysis has shown that the results got both from theoretical calculation and analysis of the data from TT&C equipment are well consistent.

Key words: Synchronous communication satellite, Orbital control, Measurement, Analyzing