Analysis of reentry survivability of UARS spacecraft

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1049-1054

  Rochelle, W C ^a   Marichalar, J J ^a   Johnson, N L ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Orbital debris; Reentry; UARS

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BARIUM; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SATELLITES; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACECRAFT; TORQUE; TRAJECTORIES;

ORBITAL DEBRIS; ORBITAL DECAY; REENTRY SURVIVABILITY; UPPAR ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES (UARS);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 3242729349     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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