Chinese Space Science and Technology

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DESIGN OF EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE ORBIT

Luo Kezhuang (Space Science and Application Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Sciences)   

  • Online:1988-08-25

Abstract: The paper offers the computation method of Earth Resources Technology Satellite orbit meeting the requirements. And the paper gives a simple formula which can make the ground tracks of the orbit repeat and recover the whole globe.

Key words: Orbit calculation, Earth resource satellite, Satellite ground track, Area coverage.