A method for computing accurate daily atmospheric density values from satellite drag data

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 1117-1133

  Bowman, Bruce R ^a,b   Marcos, Frank A ^c   Kendra, Michael J ^d  

^a Peterson AFB   (United States)

^b Radex Corp   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Radex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY ERRORS; DENSITY MODEL; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATES (EDR); PARTIAL DERIVATIVES; BALLISTIC COEFFICIENTS; HIGH ACCURACY SATELLITE DRAG MODEL (HASDM);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DRAG; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES; VECTORS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

EID: 23844449080     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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