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Placement of retroreflectors on the lageos satellite
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Moore, J. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | A model is presented for placing a large number of equal size holes in the surface of a spherical satellite. This problem differs from the classical mathematical problem of packing the maximum number of equal nonoverlapping circles on a sphere in that no hole can intersect the assembly joint at the satellite equator. The model was used during the design of Lageos to analyze the influence of the satellite diameter and hole size on the number of holes that could be placed on the satellite. The retroreflector placement pattern used in constructing Lageos was produced by the model. |
| File Size | 3352635 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760018219 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3c00zr6c |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles Euclidean Geometry Lageos Satellite Spheres Retroreflection Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
