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We briefly present our results obtained during the development and an investigation of the efficacy of algorithms for numerical prediction of the motion of earth satellites (ESs) using computers of different power. High accuracy and efficiency in predicting ES motion are achieved by using higher-order numerical methods, transformations that regularize and stabilize the equations of motion, and a high-precision model of the forces acting on an ES. This approach enables us to construct efficient algorithms of the required accuracy, both for universal computers with a large RAM and for personal computers with very limited capacity.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 62–70, August, 1992.
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Bordovitsyna, T.V., Bykova, L.E., Kardash, A.V. et al. Efficient algorithms for numerical simulation of the motion of earth satellites. Russ Phys J 35, 735–742 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568743
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568743