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Investigation of thermospheric winds relative to space station orbital altitudes
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Susko, M. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | An investigation of thermospheric winds, relative to the space station orbital altitudes, was made in order to provide information that is useful in an environmental disturbance assessment. Current plans are for this low Earth orbiting facility to orbit at an inclination of 28.5 deg. The orbital altitudes were not yet defined due to the evolutionary configuration of the Space Station. The upper and lower bounds of the orbital altitudes will be based on constraints set by the drag and expected orbital decay and delivery altitude capability of the Shuttle. The orbital altitude will be estimated on the order of 500 km. Neutral winds in the region from about 80 to 600 km which were derived from satellite drag data, Fabry-Perot interferometers, sounding rockets, ground-based optical Doppler techniques, incoherent scatter radar measurements from Millstone Hill combined with the mass spectrometer and lithium trail neutral wind measurements are examined. The equations of motion of the low Earth orbiting facility are also discussed. |
| File Size | 707667 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19840017152 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3hx65t53 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Geomagnetism Thermosphere Constraints Orbit Decay Wind Velocity Astrodynamics Equations of Motion Fabry-perot Interferometers Space Stations Wind Meteorology Earth Orbits Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |