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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    Title :

    Earth-orbital lifetime and satellite decay


    Additional title:

    Astronautics Aeronautics


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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