Abstract
This study investigates abrupt orbital changes, i.e. orbital anomalies (OAs), of the very old upper-stages Titan Transtages inserted into the geostationary orbit (GEO) region in 1960s and 1970s to find evidences of breakups. The product of the radiation pressure coefficient (Cr) and the area-to-mass ratio (A/m) are estimated by utilizing eccentricity histories of target objects separated into before-OA phase and after-OA phase. To find evidences of breakups, characteristics of likelihood distributions of CrA/m are compared between before-OAs and after-OAs. The known breakup of the Transtage 1968-081E is utilized as the reference of the comparison study.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances In The Astronautical Sciences |
| Publisher | Univelt Inc. |
| Pages | 1793-1801 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Volume | 152 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780877036111 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2014 - Mexico, United States Duration: Jan 26 2014 → Jan 30 2014 |
Other
| Other | 24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2014 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Mexico |
| Period | 1/26/14 → 1/30/14 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science
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Uetsuhara, M., & Hanada, T. (2014). Orbital anomaly analysis to detect breakups in GEO. In Advances In The Astronautical Sciences (Vol. 152, pp. 1793-1801). Univelt Inc..