NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF SATELLITE MOTION UNDER THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTH’S GRAVITY OF THE AXIAL SYMMETRY AND DRAG FORCE IN TERMS OF THE KS-REGULARIZED VARIABLES

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National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Egypt

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This paper is concerned with an orbit prediction using one of the best regular theories (KS-regularized variables).  Perturbations due to the Earth’s gravitational field with axial symmetry up to the fourth order zonal harmonic and rotating/non-rotating atmosphere (variation in density model with height) are considered.  Applications of the problem will be illustrated by numerical and graphical example.

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