Mission Design for the CubeSat OUFTI-1
Mission Design for the CubeSat OUFTI-1
Mission Design for the CubeSat OUFTI-1
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CHAPTER 5Figure 5.11: <strong>OUFTI</strong>-1: orbit’s tridimentional view. Optimum case: <strong>the</strong> subsatellitepoint at apogee is at <strong>the</strong> same latitude as Liège.Given a perigee of 350 Km and an apogee of 1200 Km altitude, we calculatedall <strong>the</strong> above mentioned parameters:• semi-major axis: a = 7153.14Km• eccentricity: e = 0.0594• angular momentum: h = 5.33 · 10 4 Km2s• orbit parameter: p = 7127.7Km• energy: E = −27.8 Km2s 2• period: T = 6020.8s = 100.35min• perigee speed: v p = 7.922 Kms• apogee speed: v a = 7.034 Kms• mean motion: n = 14.35 revdayGalli Stefania 38 University of Liège