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082			_aA152975 _bA2.3
100			_aCapderou, Michel
245	1		_aSatellites - Orbits and missions
260			_aParis _bSpringer-Verlag _c2003
500			_a202 Mb
500			_aInteractive Computer Program And Graphs
500			_aVariant Title From Screen.
690			_a523.98 C17S
953			_aCD-ROM accompanied with Book
965			_aThe CD software Ixion dixit accompanying this book comprises two parts : Program and Graphs. Program: The program IxionPC is an interactive orbitography and sampling program. One can select a satellite on the list included, or define one at will. Such a definition can be made directly by feeding in an altitude, inclination, eccentricity, etc., or indirectly, by choosing the period or recurrence cycle. The program IxionPC establishes the orbit, then provides various points on the ground track. When it is given the characteristics of the swath, it calculates the spatial and temporal sampling. For a given target point, this sampling appears in the form of a table giving the time at which the satellite points at the target and the angles describing the target--satellite geometry. All these calculations can be carried out for the Earth and Mars. IxionPC is part of the Ixion software, in particular, excluding the graphs part. Graphs: The Graphs part contains hundreds of charts showing satellite tracks and orbits. This part is not interactive. There is a wide range of orbital parameters in order to provide a varied panorama, reflecting the great diversity of satellite orbits. It also includes a great many sampling tables, most of them taking into account the direction of solar illumination. In Graphs, sampling is given for Earth- and Mars-orbiting satellites, while the ground track, orbit and swath are also represented for satellites of Mercury, Venus, the asteroid Eros and the natural satellites Europa and the Moon.
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