GENERAL SATELLITE DYNAMICS, PART 1. EFFECT OF AIR DRAG,

Abstract

Presented is a study of the determination of the satellites lifetime under the action of an external source of perturbation being it represented by the aerodynamic drag alone. A new theoretical method is presented which allows to solve the problem in a very quick and easy way by determining some ''universal'' curves, thus noticeably simplying the numerical work involved in the commonly used calculation procedures, and is particularly sutiable to be applied to mean size computers. The theoretical research is completed by numerical results and graphes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0423986

Entities

People

  • Luigi Broglio

Organizations

  • Sapienza University of Rome

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Drag
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computers
  • Drag
  • Dynamics
  • Perturbations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris