Volume 27, Issue 2 No AccessHistory of Analytical Orbit Modeling in the U. S. Space Surveillance SystemFelix R. Hoots, Paul W. Schumacher Jr. and Robert A. GloverFelix R. Hoots AT&T, Vienna, Virginia 22182Search for more papers by this author, Paul W. Schumacher Jr. Naval Network and Space Operations Command, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448Search for more papers by this author and Robert A. Glover AT&T, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80915Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.9161SectionsPDFPDF Plus ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byResearch Advancements in Key Technologies for Space-Based Situational AwarenessSpace: Science & Technology, Vol. 2022Nonsingular vectorial reformulation of the short-period corrections in Kozai’s oblateness solution18 March 2022 | Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 134, No. 2Spectral analysis of US Space Catalog ephemerides for LAGEOS-1Isaias A. Araya and Davide Amato29 December 2021Hybrid Orbit Propagator Based on Neural Networks. 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