The Development of the Tracking Technology of Satellites

The development history of the tracking technology of satellites and its current situation are presented in this paper. The method of classifing satellite orbits, several observation means of satellite tracking, their observation precesions. Orbital determination and integration of differential equations of satellite motion are introduced.Several important systems of applied satellites, the great contribution of satellite technology to the development of sciences and techniques in the world as well as the development history of the satellit tracking techniques in China are also described.