Practical issues with using a full gravity field

Id: 376
Type: Conference paper
Published: 01/27/2025
Event: Space Flight Mechanics Conference
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Gravity fields have become increasingly large. Subsets of the gravitational field are commonly used to limit computational time spent finding accelerations. But is a 70×70 subset out of a 360×360 field the same as a 70×70 subset from a 2190×2159 field? We discuss working approaches to using full gravity fields and document the factors involved in doing analyses of the results. We also update a digital gravity model that can be used with the complete gravity field, or a significantly large subset, at comparable computational times to traditional subsets.
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Vallado, D.A., Oltrogge, D.L., and Zimmer, P., “Practical issues with using a full gravity field ,” Space Flight Mechanics Conference, Kauai, HI USA., 25 Jan 2025.
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