ORBITAL PERTURBATIONS SIMULATOR

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NOMINAL LEO
Sim Elapsed
00d 00:00:00
Day of Year
DOY 1
Total Δv
0.0 m/s
Perturbations
Station Keeping
3rd Body / Seasons
Geoid Effects
Orbital Drift
Orbit Regime
LEO160–2000km
MEO2k–35k km
GEO35,786km
HEO36k–75k km
Orbital Parameters
Altitude (km)400
Inclination (°)51.6
Eccentricity0.001
RAAN (°)0.0
Active Perturbations
J2 Oblateness
RAAN+ω secular drift
J3–J6 Harmonics
Higher-order zonal terms
Lunar Gravity
3rd body — drag Moon ☽
Solar Gravity
3rd body — drag Sun ☀
Atmospheric Drag
Exponential density model
Solar Rad. Pressure
SRP + eclipse shadow
Tesseral Harmonics
Longitude resonance (GEO)
Time of Year / Seasons
🌱Vernal Eq.
Mar·Sun@0°
☀️Summer Sol.
Jun·Sun@+23.5°
🍂Autumnal Eq.
Sep·Sun@0°
❄️Winter Sol.
Dec·Sun@−23.5°
Day of Year1
Spacecraft
Duration (days)30
Cd·A/m (m²/kg)0.010
Orbital State
Period
92.6min
Velocity
7.66km/s
RAAN Drift
-6.9°/d
ω Drift
+3.5°/d
Alt Decay
-18m/d
Inc Change
+0.004°/d
3D
In-Plane
Out-Plane
Equatorial
Polar
Live Orbital Elements
a (km)6778
e0.001000
i (°)51.600
Ω (°)0.000
ω (°)0.000
ΔΩ total+0.000°
Δa total+0.000 km
Sun Dec.0.0°
Perturbation Accelerations (m/s²)
☽☀ Drag to Reposition
Sun — log₁₀(dist) compressed
Moon — log₁₀(dist) compressed
Forces recalculate from actual position
Legend
Nominal orbit (dashed)
Perturbed orbit (dashed)
GM gravity → Earth
J2 (radial+normal)
Moon gravity → sat
Drag (anti-vel)
Lunar orbit (5.14° inc)
☀ Sun Position
Dec: 0.0° · DOY 1
Near Vernal Equinox
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Track
ΔRAAN
Altitude
Inc
Ecc·ω
Station Keeping
None
🔥Drag Makeup
🔄RAAN Ctrl
Inc Ctrl
E/W GEO
N/S GEO
Maneuver Settings
Dead-band (km)5.0
Isp (s)220
Mass (kg)500
Δv Budget
Drag Makeup0.0 m/s
RAAN / Inc0.0 m/s
3rd Body0.0 m/s
Total Δv0.0 m/s
Maneuver Log
T+0.0dInitialized
3rd Body State
Sun declination0.0°
Sun log₁₀(dist)11.175
Moon phaseNew
Moon log₁₀(dist)8.585
Atm density1.2e-10 kg/m³
Solar flux1361 W/m²
Geoid J-terms
J21.08263×10⁻³
J3−2.532×10⁻⁶
J4−1.620×10⁻⁶
Req (km)6378.137