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Lecture 2 – Orbital Mechanics Review A

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Lecture

We review orbital mechanics and Newton’s law of gravitation to prepare for orbit determination. We will cover the two body problem, orbital elements, and perturbing accelerations. We won’t finish the entire lecture today. We will continue on Monday.

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Lecture 1

Resources

Lecture 2 – Orbital Mechanics Review A

Lecture 1 – Orbit Determination Concepts (slides)

AppendixA-ProbabilityAndStatistics

Lecture 1 – Orbit Determination Concepts

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Lecture

The inherent characteristics of an orbit determination (OD) problem are introduced. Dynamic state estimation, observations, linearization, and the state transition matrix are discussed. At the end, I have left a practice problem that we will review on Friday, 8 June. We throw a satellite up and watch it come down while introducing some important concepts.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g0QzppL1Ow]

Resources

Lecture 1 – Orbit Determination Concepts (slides)

AppendixA-ProbabilityAndStatistics