The stability of disposal orbits at super-synchronous altitudes

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 55, Issue 3-9, 2004, Pages 299-310

  Lewis, H G ^a   Swinerd, G G ^a   Martin, C E ^b   Campbell, W S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE DEBRIS;

COWELL'S METHOD; GEOSYNCHRONOUS DISPOSAL ORBITS; PROPAGATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE (SRP);

ORBITS;

EID: 3843099208     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.05.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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