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Impact of the atmospheric drag on Starlette, Stella, Ajisai, and Lares Orbits / Krzysztof Sosnica in Artificial satellites, vol 50 n° 1 (March 2015)  

Public [article]  inArtificial satellites > vol 50 n° 1 (March 2015) . - pp 1 - 18 Titre : Impact of the atmospheric drag on Starlette, Stella, Ajisai, and Lares Orbits Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Krzysztof Sosnica, Auteur Année de publication : 2015 Article en page(s) : pp 1 - 18 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] élément orbital [Termes IGN] freinage atmosphérique [Termes IGN] orbitographie [Termes IGN] satellite de télémétrie [Termes IGN] télémètre laser sur satellite [Termes IGN] télémétrie laser sur satellite Résumé : (auteur) The high-quality satellite orbits of geodetic satellites, which are determined using Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) observations, play a crucial role in providing, e.g., low-degree coefficients of the Earth's gravity field including geocenter coordinates, Earth rotation parameters, as well as the SLR station coordinates. The appropriate modeling of non-gravitational forces is essential for the orbit determination of artificial Earth satellites. The atmospheric drag is a dominating perturbing force for satellites at low altitudes up to about 700-1000 km. This article addresses the impact of the atmospheric drag on mean semi-major axes and orbital eccentricities of geodetic spherical satellites: Starlette, Stella, AJISAI, and LARES. Atmospheric drag causes the semi-major axis decays amounting to about ▲a = -1.2, -.12, -.14, and -.30 m/year for LARES, AJISAI, Starlette, and Stella, respectively. The density of the upper atmosphere strongly depends on the solar and geomagnetic activity. The atmospheric drag affects the along-track orbit component to the largest extent, and the out-of-plane to a small extent, whereas the radial component is almost unaffected by the atmospheric drag Numéro de notice : A2015-287 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1515/arsa-2015-0001 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2015-0001 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=76406 [article]