A diffuse-earth radiation force model is presented, which includes a latitudinally varying representation of the shortwave and longwave radiation of the terrestrial sphere. Applications to various earth satellites indicate that this force, in particular the shortwave component, can materially affect the recovery of estimated parameters. Earth radiation pressure cannot explain the anomalous deceleration of LAGEOS, but can produce significant along track accelerations on satellites with highly eccentric orbits. Analyses of GEOS-1 tracking data confirm this result.


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    Title :

    Earth radiation pressure effects on satellites


    Contributors:
    Knocke, P. C. (author) / Ries, J. C. (author) / Tapley, B. D. (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference ; 1988 ; Minneapolis, MN, United States


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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