Analytic theory of orbit contraction due to atmospheric drag

DOI10.1016/0094-5765(79)90028-6zbMATH Open0401.70031OpenAlexW2060631839MaRDI QIDQ4185877FDOQ4185877

R. D. Culp, Nguyen Xuan Vinh, James M. Longuski, Adolf Busemann

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Acta Astronautica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/23579

zbMATH Keywords

Numerical SolutionsAnalytic Theory of Orbit ContractionAtmospheric ForceMotion of a Recentry VehicleMotion of a SatellitePoincare's Method of Small Parameters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orbital mechanics (70M20) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-04)

Cited In (1)

• Analytic propagation of near-circular satellite orbits in the atmosphere of an oblate planet

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