Paper attempts to show how ability to predict orbital lifetime accurately depends on understanding of dynamics of upper atmosphere and low-density aerodynamics; primary cause of satellite decay, in less than 700-km-altitude domain, is aerodynamic resistance to vehicle; equations used to compute orbital decay, or equivalency, rate of change of apogee altitude and perigee altitude, are essentially those developed by T.E.Sterne; physical phenomena which must be considered to predict orbital lifetime of satellite; establishment of efficient mathematical procedures to define effective attitude over considerable time spaces appears to be warranted.


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    Titel :

    Earth-orbital lifetime and satellite decay


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Astronautics Aeronautics


    Beteiligte:
    Benson, R.H. (Autor:in) / Fleischman, E.F. (Autor:in) / Hill, R.J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1968


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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