Thermal force modeling for precise prediction and determination of spacecraft orbits

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 131-144

  Adhya, Sima ^a   Ziebart, Marek ^a   Sibthorpe, Ant ^a   Arrowsmith, Peter ^a   Cross, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAT RADIATION; NAVIGATION; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

JASON-1 MODELS; NONCONSERVATIVE FORCES; THERMAL FORCE MODELING; THERMAL MODELS;

ORBITS;

EID: 33748878400     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-4296.2005.tb01740.x     Document Type: Article

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