Refinement of a sun-synchronous, critically inclined orbit for the ELLIPSO™ personal communication system

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-489

  Sabol, Chris ^a   Draim, John ^b   Cefola, Paul J ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Mobile Communications Holdings Inc   (United States)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FUEL ECONOMY; ORBITS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RESONANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DRAG; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITING SATELLITES; TESSERAL EFFECTS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 0030257129     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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