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A critical assessment of satellite drag and atmospheric density modeling
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“The results from TLE1 obtained with the atmospheric model NRLMSISE-00 will be used in the next results because it brings better relations of accuracy and computational cost [44,45].”
From Irradiation Flux Modelling for Thermal–Electrical Simulation of CubeSats: Orbit, Attitude and Radiation Integration (2020) · cites this paper as [44]
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“Atmospheric density is a critical factor for correctly predicting this perturbing force [39,43], which is a reason for a great variety of models with diverse accuracy and computational costs in the literature.The models from the families Jacchia, MSIS, and DTM are usually preferred because they bring better relations of accuracy and computational cost [44], notably NRLMSISE-00 [45].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vallado, D. A., & Finkleman, D.
- Corresponding author
- Vallado, David A.
- ORCID
- Vallado, David A.
- Venue
- Acta Astronautica
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-02
- Volume
- 95
- Pages
- 141-165
- ISSN
- 0094-5765 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2060879901
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 8
- FWCI
- 22.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Astronautica (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Satellite Systems and Control
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Keywords
- satellite drag, atmospheric density models, near-Earth satellites, satellite orbit propagation, uncertainty quantification, model selection
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