Systematic identification of preferred orbits for magnetospheric missions: 2. The "profile" constellation

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-171

  Stern, David P ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; PLASMA FLOW; SATELLITES; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; SMALL SATELLITES;

MAGNETOSPHERIC MISSIONS; CONSTELLATION MISSIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; LOW LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER; NEUTRAL SHEETS; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SIMULATION CODE; SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION; TIGHT CLUSTERING;

SPACE FLIGHT; ORBITS;

EID: 0037617650     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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