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Natural orbital environment definition guidelines for use in aerospace vehicle development
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Editor | Anderson, B. Jeffrey |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | This document provides definitions of the natural near-Earth space environment suitable for use in the initial development/design phase of any space vehicle. The natural environment includes the neutral atmosphere, plasma, charged particle radiation, electromagnetic radiation (EMR), meteoroids, orbital debris, magnetic field, physical and thermal constants, and gravitational field. Communications and other unmanned satellites operate in geosynchronous-Earth orbit (GEO); therefore, some data are given for GEO, but emphasis is on altitudes from 200 km to 1000 km (low-Earth orbit (LEO)). This document does not cover the induced environment of other effects resulting from presence of the space vehicle. Manmade factors are included as part of the ambient natural environment; i.e., orbital debris and radio frequency (RF) noise generated on Earth, because they are not caused by the presence of the space vehicle but form part of the ambient environment that the space vehicle experiences. |
| File Size | 8282916 |
| Page Count | 170 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940031668 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t09w5ch16 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Earth Orbital Environments Thermosphere Space Debris Gravitational Fields Electromagnetic Radiation Meteoroids Electromagnetic Noise Neutral Atmospheres Radio Frequencies Aerospace Vehicles Low Earth Orbits Satellite Design Plasma Radiation Earth Ionosphere Charged Particles 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 |