Technique allows perigee to decay to pre-established lower switching level, then applies low circumferential thrust greater than air drag force to drive perigee to upper switching level at which thrust is removed; procedure tends to circularize orbit, avoids difficulty of trying to exactly balance drag forces with low thrust and is more efficient in total impulse than some sustaining techniques.
Intermittent orbit sustaining technique
Astronautica Acta
Astronautica Acta ; 8 , n 1
1962
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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