Requirements for accurate near-real time atmospheric density correction

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-97

  Granholm, George R ^a   Proulx, Ronald J ^a   Cefola, Paul J ^a,b,c   Nazarenko, Andrey I ^d   Yurasov, Vasiliy S ^e  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d Center for Program Studies   (Russian Federation)

^e Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; BALLISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; CALIBRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DENSITY MODELING; FULL SIMULATIONS; NEAR-REAL TIME; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; SPACE CATALOGS;

SPACE RESEARCH; SMALL SATELLITES;

EID: 0036462135     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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