Impact of the atmospheric drag on Starlette, Stella, AJISAI, and LARES orbits

• Autorzy: Sośnica K.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/arsa-2015-0001

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

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 Δa = -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.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

satellite geodesy; atmospheric drag; SLR; mean orbital elements

• Wydawca: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN ; De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Artificial Satellites : Journal of Planetary Geodesy
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 50, No. 1
• Strony: 1--18
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Sośnica K.

• Astronomical Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
• Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).