Xiaoli Bai1, John L. Junkins2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.111, No.2, pp. 129-146, 2016, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2016.111.129
Abstract This paper presents Modified Chebyshev-Picard Iteration (MCPI) methods for long-term integration of the coupled orbit and attitude dynamics. Although most orbit predictions for operational satellites have assumed that the attitude dynamics is decoupled from the orbit dynamics, the fully coupled dynamics is required for the solutions of uncontrolled space debris and space objects with high area-to-mass ratio, for which cross sectional area is constantly changing leading to significant change on the solar radiation pressure and atmospheric drag. MCPI is a set of methods for solution of initial value problems and boundary value problems. The methods refine an orthogonal function approximation… More >
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