Background

Work that substantiates this research

The conical reference frame builds on a line of published work spanning more than two decades.

• May, D. H., "Conical Coordinates for Elliptical Orbits."
  Preprint posted. https://engrxiv.org/preprint/view/8022
• May, D. H., "Modeling Orbital Motion in a Circular Conic Reference Frame."
  Paper AIAA 2022-1431, AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, January 2022.
• May, D. H., "Orbital Motion Equations with Dynamic Models."
  Paper AAS 05-354, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, August 2005.
• May, D. H., "Integrated Orbital Motion Equations with Conformance Models."
  Paper AIAA-99-4060, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Portland, OR, August 1999.