Abstract
Once the satellite is in space, it is very important to make sure that it is in its correct and prescribe orbit, along with the appropriate attitude, at any given point of time. Orbit propagators are used to determine propagated position and velocity of the satellite. Various perturbations, faced by the satellite in the space, are also incorporated to portray the actual picture. An on-board implementation of the orbit propagator is desired for real time propagation of the orbit. All the algorithms are developed for the low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The propagator is implemented on performance efficient and high speed digital signal processor (DSP) TMS320C6713, a product of Texas Instrument. The key feature of this processor, real time data exchange (RTDX), is exploited to show our results on the host on-board computer.

Naveed Ahmed . (2011) Implementation of High Precision Orbit Propagator on TI Digital Signal Processor, Journal of Space Technology , Volume 1, Issue 1.
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