An evaluation of Jacchia 71 and MSIS90 atmosphere models with NASA ODERACS decay data

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-141

  Chao, C C ^a   Gunning, G R ^a   Moe, K ^b   Chastain, S H ^a   Settecerri, T J ^c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Developmental Planning Office   (United States)

^c Lockheed Martin Engineering Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; BALLISTICS; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; NASA; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPHERES; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; ORBITS;

ATMOSPHERE MODELS; BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT; DENSITY MODELING; DENSITY PREDICTION; GEOMAGNETIC INDICES; RADAR CALIBRATION; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY;

ORBITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY MODELS; SOLAR FLUX;

EID: 0031108421     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. CRESS, G. H., POTTER, A. E., SETECERRI, T. J., SHERRILL, G. P., STANSBERY, E. G., and TALENT, D. L. "Radar and Optical Ground Measurements Final Report - Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres," Report No. JSC-27241, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, June 1996.
2. JACCHIA, L. G. "Revised Static Models of the Thermosphere and Exosphere with Empirical Temperature Profiles," Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Science Report No. 332, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 1971.
3. HEDIN, A. E. "Extension of the MSIS Thermosphere Model into the Middle and Lower Atmosphere," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 96, No. A2, February 1991, pp. 1159-1172.
4. CHAO, C. C., and PLATT, M. H. "An Accurate and Efficient Tool for Orbit Lifetime Predictions," Paper No. 91-134, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Houston, Texas February 1991.
5. MOE, K., MOE, M. M., and WALLACE, S. D. "Drag Coefficients of Spheres in Free-Molecular Flow," Paper No. 96-126, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, Texas, February 1996.
6. LIU, J. J. F., and ALFORD, R. L. "Semianalytic Theory for a Close-Earth Artificial Satellite," Journal of Guidance and Control, Vol. 3, No. 4, July-August 1980, pp. 304-311.
7. MOE, K. "Absolute Atmospheric Densities Determined from the Spin and Orbital Decays of Explorer 6," Planetary Space Science, Vol. 14, November 1996, p. 1065.
8. KARR, G. R. "A Study of Effects of the Gas-Surface Interaction on Spinning Convex Bodies with Application to Satellite Experiments," Rept. R-435, Coordinated Science Laboratory University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1969.
9. BELETSKY, V. V. "An Estimate of the Character of the Interaction between the Airstream and a Satellite," Kosmicheskie Issledovania, Vol. 8, March-April 1970, p. 206 (in Russian).
10. IMBRO, D. R., MOE, M. M., and MOE, K. "On Fundamental Problems in the Deduction of Atmospheric Densities from Satellite Drag," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 80, No. 22, Aug. 1975, pp. 3077-3086.
11. CHING, B. K., HICKMAN, D. R., and STRAUS, J. M. "Effects of Atmospheric Winds and Aerodynamic Lift on the Inclination of the Orbit of the S3-1 Satellite," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 82, No. 10, April 1977, pp. 1474-1480.
12. GREGORY, J. C., and PETERS, P. N. "A Measurement of the Angular Distribution of 5 eV Atomic Oxygen Scattered Off a Solid Surface in Earth Orbit," Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Vol. 15, Proceedings of International Symposium, B. G. Teubner, Stuttgart, Germany, 1987.
13. MARCOS, F. A. "Requirements for Improved Thermospheric Neutral Density Models," Paper No. 85-312, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, Vail, Colorado, August 1985.
14. MOE, M. M., WALLACE, S. D., and MOE, K. "Refinements in Determining Satellite Drag Coefficients: Method for Resolving Density Discrepancies," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 3, May-June 1993, pp. 441-445.
15. SENTMAN, L. H. "Free Molecule Flow Theory and Its Application to the Determination of Aerodynamic Forces," TR LMSC-448514, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Sunnyvale, California, October 1961.
16. SCHAMBERG, R. "A New Analytic Representation of Surface Interaction for Hyperthermal Free Molecule Flow," RM-2313, Rand Corporation Santa Monica, California, January 1959.
17. MARCOS, F. A. "Accuracy of Atmospheric Drag Models at Low Satellite Altitudes," Advances in Space Research, Vol. 10, p. (3) 417, 1990.