Using nonstationary models of the atmosphere to describe satellite drag
Abstract
The use of the following models to describe satellite drag is considered: GOST 22721-77, DTM, CIRA-72, MSIS-77, MSIS-83, and an analytic version of J77A model. The models are compared in terms of total atmospheric density for heights of 250, 400, and 1000 km for medium and near-extremum levels of solar and geomagnetic activity. Semimajor-axis calculations were obtained to assess differences among the models.
- Publication:
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JPRS Report Science Technology USSR Space
- Pub Date:
- February 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988RpScT.......13M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Models;
- Satellite Drag;
- Annual Variations;
- Atmospheric Density;
- Cosmos Satellites;
- Diurnal Variations;
- Mass Spectroscopy;
- Solar Activity Effects;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Geophysics