Contents

• The Orbit of the Phase 3-D Spacecraft
• The Final Orbit
• The Ground Track
• Fictitious Keplerian Elements

1. After the launch, P3-D is in the transfer orbit for geosynchronous orbits.
2. Through firing the 400N motor in the apogee, the perigee height will be increased to 4000 km.
3. Through another firing at perogee, the apogee will be increased to 47000 km.
4. At apogee, the motor will burn again, to get an inclination of 60 degrees.
5. After a period of two years, whilst the apogee drifts to the northern hemisphere, the ATOS motor will change the orbit to a final inclination of 63,4 degrees.
6. After that time, the ATOS motor can be used for small changes of the orbit.

The 400 N motor will give the orbit an inclination of 60 degrees. The final inclination will be 63,4 degrees.

The Ground Track

The satellite will be most of the time over Northern America, Europe or Japan.

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W3XO and WD4FAB published a set of sample keplerians in July 1993 QST:

This is complete fiction of course, but you can run your tracking program to get some idea of how much coverage you will get each day. Note that the ground track and rise and set times repeat almost exactly every 48 hours.