Atmospheric density variations at 1500-4000 km height determined from long term orbit pertubation analysis

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 108 I, Issue , 2001, Pages 453-466

  Bowman, Bruce R ^a  

^a Analysis and Engineering Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

AREA-TO-MASS (A/M) RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

EID: 0035728959     PISSN: 10816003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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