Research Article

Indirect Optimization of Satellite Deployment into a Highly Elliptic Orbit

Table 3

Characteristics of the 4.5-revolution transfer with departure on December 1, 2015.

hr hr hr hr kg

0.0 0.09 2.87 2.83 2.79 845.57
0.2 0.09 3.59 2.75 2.16 845.40
0.4 0.09 4.27 2.79 1.45 845.25
0.6 0.09 4.97 2.96 0.59 845.10
0.8 0.09 5.51 3.02ā€” 844.96
1.0 0.09 5.84 2.70ā€” 844.83