EAS 3801 SPACE MECHANIC

ASSIGNMENT WEEK 12
LECTURER
:
DR. SYARIL AZRAD MD. ALI
NAME
:
ONG THIAM CHUN
NO. MATRIC :
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clear all; clc
r_e=6371*1000; AU=149597871*1000; %m
r1_ijk=1000*[0; -4464.696; -5102.507]; %m
r2_ijk=1000*[0; 5740.323; 3189.068]; %m
hour=12; minute=00; second=00; day=15; month=2; year=1995;
theta=acosd((dot(r1_ijk,r2_ijk))/((norm(r1_ijk))*(norm(r2_ijk))));
theta1=acosd(r_e/norm(r1_ijk));
theta2=acosd((r_e/norm(r2_ijk)));
%
Checking Line of Sight for two satellites
if (theta1+theta2)>theta
disp '1. Satellites are in LOS'
else
disp '1. Satellites are not in LOS'
end
JD_0=367*year-floor((year+floor((month+9)/12))*7/4)+floor(275*month/9)...
+day+1721013.5 ;
T_UT1=(JD_0-2451545)/36525;
T_TDB=T_UT1;
M_s=357.5277233 + 35999.05034*T_TDB;
lambda_M_s=280.4606184 + 36000.77005361*T_TDB;
%CONVERTING lambda_M_m WITHIN (+/-)0-360 deg------------------------------while abs(lambda_M_s)>360
if lambda_M_s>0
lambda_M_s=lambda_M_s-360;
elseif lambda_M_s<0
lambda_M_s=lambda_M_s+360;
end
end
%CONVERTING M_m WITHIN (+/-)0-360 deg-------------------------------------while abs(M_s)>360
Result:
if M_s>0
M_s=M_s-360;
elseif M_s<0
1. Satellites are not in LOS.
M_s=M_s+360;
2. Satellite 1 is in sun phase.
end
end
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------lambda_ecliptic=lambda_M_s+1.914666471*sind(M_s)+0.019994643*sind(2*M_s);
r_s=1.000140612-0.016708617*cosd(M_s)-0.000139589*cosd(2*M_s);
e=23.439291-0.0130042*T_TDB;
r_ss=AU*[r_s*cosd(lambda_ecliptic); r_s*cosd(e)*sind(lambda_ecliptic);...
r_s*sind(e)*sind(lambda_ecliptic)];
theta_s=acosd((r_e/norm(r_ss)));
theta_ss=acosd((dot(r1_ijk,r_ss))/((norm(r1_ijk))*(norm(r_ss))));
%
Checking Line of Sight for Satellite 1 and Sun
if (theta1+theta_s)> theta_ss
disp '2. Satellite 1 is in sun phase.'
else
disp '2. Satellite 1 is in eclipse phase.'
end