Determination of drag coefficient values for champ and grace satellites using orbit drag analysis

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 129 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-165

  Bowman, Bruce R ^a   Marcos, Frank A ^b   Moe, Kenneth ^c   Moe, Mildred M ^c  

^a Space Analysis /A9A ^*  (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Planetary and Space Science Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER DATUM; AIR FORCES; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY VARIATIONS; COEFFICIENT VALUES; DATA SETS; DENSITY DATUM; DENSITY STRUCTURES; HIGH ACCURACY SATELLITE DRAG MODELS; LENGTH-TO-DIAMETER RATIOS; ORBIT DETERMINATIONS; TEMPERATURE CORRECTIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; THEORETICAL VALUES;

ACCELEROMETERS; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; ORBITS; SATELLITES;

DRAG;

EID: 60349096340     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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