EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS DETERMINING THE LIFETIME OF ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES,

Abstract

The decay of the orbit of most artificial earth satellites can be described by the simple formula log N = R (log delta P sub N + Q) N is the revolution number reckoned backwards from the revolution of decay and delta P sub N a quantity defined in the text. The parameters R and Q are correlated to the ratio m/F of mass and effective cross section and to the height of the perigee q, respectively. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0604668

Entities

People

  • H. B. Wackernagel

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Political Movements
  • Revolutions
  • Space Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris