New satellite drag modeling capabilities

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 5594-5606

  Marcos, Frank A ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOMAGNETIC PROXIES; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS; THERMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS;

DRAG; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMAGNETISM; ORBITS; RADAR TRACKING; REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITES;

EID: 34250814559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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