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We study the concept of satellite formation flying in a geodetic context, namely as a viable alternative for future gravity field satellite missions. The feasibility of formation flight is demonstrated. In particular the stability of such a formation in a J 2 gravity field is investigated. To this end three orbit computation approaches are compared: 1) numerical integration of Newton’s equations (nn) of motion, 2) numerical integration of Hill equations (he), and 3) a new set of nontrivial, non-homogeneous analytical solutions of he. |
