Normalized force coefficients for satellites with elongated shapes

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Sutton, Eric K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; DRAG;

ACCELEROMETER MEASUREMENT; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; COEFFICIENT OF DRAG; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; HIGH ACCURACY SATELLITE DRAG MODELS; RANDOM THERMAL MOTION; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 60349126603     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.40940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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