Models for future estimation of thermospheric densities and application to spacecraft systems

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Owens, J K ^a   Niehuss, K O ^a   Vaughan, W W ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CONTROL; DRAG; IONOSPHERE; NASA; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTROL REQUIREMENTS; LIFE-TIME ESTIMATES; SPACECRAFT VULNERABILITY; STATISTICAL MODELING; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY MODELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84982318294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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