Orbital Mechanics
Practice Problems:
Erin Mowbray 1/5/16 Aerospace Engineering
2. The University of New Brunswick in Canada won a grant from the Department of the Environment to study the thinning of the northern polar ice cap in an effort to quantify global warming. The imaging system to monitor the ice thickness will be carried on the Polar Sheet satellite to be launched this spring. Design the orbit of a satellite to maximize oversight of this region.
3. The Republic of India is worried that they will be attacked by enemy forces via aircraft and bombs. In order to put the citizens at ease, the government of India has issued that a satellite be launched as soon as possible that will oversee the region and look out for incoming enemy aircraft. Design the orbit of a satellite to maximize oversight of this region.