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Analysis of satellite drag and spin decay data
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Karr, G. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Description | Work was begun as an effort to obtain satellite drag and upper atmospheric wind data from a spinning spherical satellite to be launched from the space shuttle scheduled for the STS-11 flight. The satellite was an inflated sphere having high area-to-mass ratio which would result in measurable orbital decay due to aerodynamic drag forces experienced by the satellite in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The satellite would also experience a spin decay due to the aerodynamic torque acting to slow the satellite spinning. The original proposal was to develop data analysis procedures to be employed to extract the desired information. Work was performed concerning the data analysis procedure prior to the STS-11 launch; however, the major effort was to begin after the data had been obtained. Unfortunately, the launch of the inflatable sphere on STS-11 was a failure in that the sphere did not inflate properly and no data was obtained. The emphasis of the work planned under this effort was then changed to develop a proposal for a series of experiments similar to the one originally planned for STS-11. |
| File Size | 867536 |
| Page Count | 20 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860006782 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2f817g8j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1985-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Orbital Mechanics Aerodynamic Drag Satellite Drag Torque Satellite Orbits Friction Drag Space Shuttles Orbit Decay Experiment Design Upper Atmosphere Data Reduction 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 |
