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Orbital Motions
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Orbital Elements and State Vectors
To precisely define the instantaneous state and future path of an orbiting body, a set of six independent parameters, known as the classical orbital elements (COEs), are required relative to a defined reference frame (e.g., the Earth-Centered Inertial frame, ECI).
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