The Low-G Accelerometer Calibration System Orbital Accelerometer Experiment. Volume 2. Experiment Analyses and Results
Abstract
The LOGACS (Low-G Accelerometer Calibration System) experiment, which contained a miniature electrostatic accelerometer (MESA), was placed in a low- altitude polar orbit on 22 May 1967. The experiment provided approximately 100 hours of acceleration data from which the accelerometer scale factor, accelerometer null bias, and atmospheric drag on the satellite were calculated. Extensive comparisons of the data to verious model atmospheres are made. These analyses are the more interesting because of the intense solar and geomagnetic activity during the latter part of the flight. From the data, both midlatitude and polar models of atmospheric density have been developed over altitudes for which LOGACS data were available.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0772718
Entities
People
- E. G. Fotou
- J. A. Pearson
- R. W. Bruce
- W. A. Feess
- Y. T. Chiu
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation