ISBN: | 978-5-5090-2963-9 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Orbital perturbation analysis is the activity of determining why a satellite`s orbit differs from the mathematical ideal orbit. A satellite`s orbit in an ideal two-body system describes a conic section, or ellipse. In reality, there are several factors that cause the conic section to continually change. These deviations from the ideal Kepler`s orbit are called perturbations.