Handbook of Satellite Orbits

Dr. Michel Capderou is a lecturer at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in undergraduate astronomy courses and graduate level spatial mechanics/astrodynamics courses. He is also a researcher at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD) at the École Polytechnique, where he works on the preparation of satellite missions and IXION software.

• Geometry of the Ellipse.- Geodesy.- Geopotential.- Keplerian Motion.- Satellite in Keplerian Orbit.- Satellite in Real (Perturbed) Orbit.- Motion of Orbit, Earth and Sun.- Ground Track of a Satellite.- Orbit and Mission.- Orbit Relative to the Sun: Crossing Times and Eclipse.- Orbit Relative to the Earth: Recurrence and Altitude.- View from the Satellite.- Spatiotemporal and Angular Sampling.- Global Positioning (GPS).- Satellites of Mars.- Satellites of Other Celestial Bodies.