Cosmos 359 rocket, 1970-65D, was launched on 22 August 1970 into an orbit inclined at 51.2 degrees to the equator, with an initial perigee height of 209 km: it decayed on 6 October 1971 after a lifetime of 410 days. The orbit has been determined at 42 epochs during the lifetime, using the RAE orbit refinement program, PROP, with over 2600 observations. Observations from the Hewitt cameras at Malvern and Edinburgh were available for 10 of the 42 orbits. Ten values of density scale height, at heights between 185 and 261 km, have been determined from analysis of the variations in perigee height. (Modified author abstract)


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    Title :

    Analysis of the Orbit of 1970-65D, Cosmos 359 Rocket


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    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English