Thermal modelling of GPS block IIR satellites for precise orbit prediction

Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1732-1739

  Adhya, Sima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TRAJECTORIES;

MULTILAYER INSULATION; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION; RADIATION PRESSURE; SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 22144438729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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