EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY EUROPEAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTRE GROUND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Mission Analysis Office
CLASSIFICATION OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS OBJECTS
February 2007 3.6 Objects in a libration orbit around both stable pointsIn the case where the object is in a libration orbit around both stable points, the following data are given:
It is important to note that this category is special and only a very small number of objects is concerned. It is a borderline case, just between a libration around one stable point and a drift around the Earth. Thus, some perturbations which could be neglected in the other cases have a strong influence here. The main consequence is that this category is more sensitive to errors in the measurements than the others and the libration period may have a low accuracy.
The longitude history of these objects is plotted in Figures 1. |
L3.nn | COSPAR | NAME | Date | Plib | Δλ | λmin | λmax | Nly | Ntot | MJD | a | e | i | Ω | ω | λ |
91054D | 2937 | 334.4 | 174.9 | 149.3 | 41 | 553 | 20815.140856 | 42197.68810 | 0.0037022 | 11.6464 | 46.9906 | 156.3257 | 259.9719 | L3.2 | 71095В | OPS 9432 (DSCS II F-2) | 26-DEC-06 | 2937 | 335.3 | 174.4 | 149.7 | 47 | 676 | 20813.835012 | 42141.62554 | 0.0006119 | 13.4788 | 342.4529 | 251.6177 | 306.6281 |
L3.3 | 97083А | Intelsat 804 | 28-DEC-06 | 2943 | 332.7 | 175.7 | 148.4 | 45 | 447 | 20815.015162 | 42155.39894 | 0.0007801 | 1.8146 | 84.6121 | 183.6283 | 342.2293 |
L3.4 | 91064А | Cosmos 2155 | 28-DEC-06 | 2944 | 332.5 | 175.8 | 148.3 | 45 | 742 | 20815.530046 | 42188.33275 | 0.0004952 | 10.0234 | 48.0381 | 192.6556 | 120.3340 |
L3.5 | 90094А | Gorizont 21 | 28-DEC-06 | 3066 | 326.9 | 178.7 | 145.6 | 38 | 797 | 20815.861227 | 42157.54078 | 0.0005186 | 10.3570 | 44.7439 | 110.8193 | 357.5616 |
L3.6 | 87091D | Proton- К fourth stage (Block DM) | 28-DEC-06 | 3187 | 349.0 | 167.5 | 156.4 | 42 | 707 | 20815.929306 | 42183.71876 | 0.0019195 | 11.6488 | 30.7355 | 73.0236 | 319.1501 |
L3.7 | 97041А | Cosmos 2345 | 29-DEC-06 | 3188 | 325.1 | 179.7 | 144.7 | 46 | 452 | 20816.180845 | 42132.61348 | 0.0155847 | 6.6452 | 69.9688 | 104.1130 | 268.9738 |
L3.8 | 94030А | Gorizont 30 | 29-DEC-06 | 3514 | 323.2 | 180.6 | 143.8 | 45 | 645 | 20816.340127 | 42182.34081 | 0.0003822 | 8.5782 | 59.0540 | 137.5533 | 198.9199 |
L3.9 | 94067D | Proton- К fourth stage (Block DM-2M) | 28-DEC-06 | 3515 | 323.2 | 180.6 | 143.8 | 40 | 513 | 20815.932951 | 42168.99152 | 0.0005378 | 9.1949 | 55.5009 | 277.4903 | 342.2761 |
L3.10 | 85007А | Gorizont 11 | 27-DEC-06 | 3618 | 322.9 | 180.8 | 143.7 | 41 | 700 | 20814.824375 | 42166.74365 | 0.0001943 | 12.6513 | 20.5679 | 224.9179 | 347.6326 |
L3.11 | 91079А | Cosmos 2172 | 28-DEC-06 | 3683 | 322.8 | 180.8 | 143.6 | 41 | 704 | 20815.946238 | 42174.38601 | 0.0006903 | 9.8545 | 49.3209 | 188.8871 | 331.3695 |
L3.12 | 95045А | Cosmos 2319 | 27-DEC-06 | 3771 | 322.7 | 180.9 | 143.6 | 43 | 569 | 20814.955313 | 42166.72654 | 0.0005487 | 7.7253 | 64.6427 | 63.1738 | 344.4246 |
L3.13 | 87084А | Cosmos 1888 | 27-DEC-06 | 3771 | 322.7 | 180.9 | 143.6 | 39 | 820 | 20814.950220 | 42183.26804 | 0.0002561 | 11.5730 | 31.0321 | 148.9921 | 312.6913 |
L3.14 | 86027А | Cosmos 1738 | 28-DEC-06 | 3835 | 322.6 | 180.9 | 143.5 | 40 | 745 | 20815.908738 | 42179.27803 | 0.0012479 | 12.7638 | 25.7166 | 279.7078 | 321.2094 |
L3.15 | 94060А | Cosmos 2291 | 4024 | 322.4 | 181.0 | 143.5 | 39 | 615 | 20815.131551 | 42194.71688 | 0.0002530 | 8.3033 | 60.7392 | 12.2265 | 276.8656 |
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