Sensitivity of spacecraft orbital drag predictions to selection of solar activity inputs

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ATTITUDE CONTROL; DRAG; FORECASTING; NASA; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE DYNAMICS; CONTROL REQUIREMENTS; LIFE-TIME ESTIMATES; LOGISTICS PLANNING; ORBIT DETERMINATION; ORBIT PREDICTION; SATELLITE DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODELING;

ORBITS;

EID: 84983148853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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