Improved satellite drag coefficient calculations from orbital measurements of energy accommodation

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Moe, Kenneth ^a,d   Moe, Mildred M ^b   Wallace, Steven D ^c  

^a Los Angeles AFB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS;

SATELLITE DRAG COEFFICIENT;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0032073867     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3350     Document Type: Article

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