Recent advances in satellite drag modeling

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Marcos, Frank A ^a   Kendra, Michael J ^b   Bass, James N ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Radex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; SATELLITES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; ACCURACY LIMITATIONS; CATALOG MAINTENANCE; DATA-DRIVEN MODEL; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATIONS; SATELLITE TRACKING DATA;

ORBITS;

EID: 84983113505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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