Analytic Aerodynamic and Solar Radiation Pressure
Modeling of Resident Space Objects
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Hart, Kennneth A., Jr.
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Braun, Robert D.
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Abstract
Two significant non-gravitational perturbations on Earth-orbiting objects are aerody namics and solar radiation pressure. An analytic methodology is developed to characterize
these perturbations for primitive geometries. These results are validated against state of
the art simulation techniques and observations. A superposition framework is developed
to determine the perturbations for composite geometries. This framework is used to model
the aerodynamic perturbations of a low orbiting nanosatellite. Analytic modeling of these
perturbations can enable rapid trajectory and uncertainty propagation of Earth-orbiting
objects
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2015-02-05
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