A Drag-Augmented Brouwer-Lyddane Artificial Satellite Theory and Its Application to Long-Term Station Alert Predictions

Abstract

A simple modification is made to the Brouwer-Lyddane artificial satellite theory to account for the effects of atmospheric drag deceleration. The application of this augmented theory to long-term station alert predictions is evaluated for several low-altitude earth satellites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA154570

Entities

People

  • A. D. Parks

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ephemerides
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Ground Stations
  • Intervals
  • Low Altitude
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Orbital Elements
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Stations

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris