MAE240: Solar Radiation Pressure (SRP) Effect on L2 Orbital Motion: Application to James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Taewoo Kang, Jingtong Sheng, Jason Chang, UC San Diego

Table of Contents

• Project Structure
  • Project Index
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• License
• Acknowledgments

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Project Structure

└── MAE240/
    ├── MAE240report.pdf
    ├── README.md
    ├── averageanalysis.m
    └── exactanalysis
        └── MAE 240 Project

Project Index

MAE240/

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averageanalysis.m

Performs averaged analysis of the orbital motion under solar radiation pressure effects.

exactanalysis

MAE 240 Project

inertial_to_syn.m	Converts coordinates from the inertial frame to the synodic (rotating) frame.
rgb.m	Utility function for generating RGB color values for plotting.
synodic_eom.m	Defines the equations of motion in the synodic (rotating) frame.
syn_to_inertial.m	Converts coordinates from the synodic (rotating) frame to the inertial frame.
srp.m	Calculates the solar radiation pressure (SRP) force acting on the spacecraft.
inertial_eom.m	Defines the equations of motion in the inertial frame.
KepEqn.m	Solves Kepler's Equation for orbital motion calculations.
tight_subplot.m	Creates subplots with minimal spacing for figure layouts.
zvc.m	Computes zero-velocity curves for the restricted three-body problem.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before getting started with MAE240, ensure your runtime environment meets the following requirements:

• Programming Language: MATLAB

Installation

Install MAE240 using one of the following methods:

Build from source:

1. Clone the MAE240 repository:

❯ git clone https://github.com/JC01010/MAE240

2. Navigate to the project directory:

❯ cd MAE240

Contributing

• ** The code for the exact analysis was written by Jingtong Sheng.
• ** The code for the averaged analysis was written by Jason Chang.
• ** Code was provided by Prof. Aaron Rosengren.