Comparison of Air Densities from Air Drag upon Artificial Satellites With Models MSIS and CIRA1972

Feng Zhan-liang; Xu Pin-xin

doi:10.11728/cjss1985.03.221

Volume 5 Issue 3

Aug. 1985

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Feng Zhan-liang, Xu Pin-xin. Comparison of Air Densities from Air Drag upon Artificial Satellites With Models MSIS and CIRA1972[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1985, 5(3): 221-227. doi: 10.11728/cjss1985.03.221

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Feng Zhan-liang, Xu Pin-xin. Comparison of Air Densities from Air Drag upon Artificial Satellites With Models MSIS and CIRA1972[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1985, 5(3): 221-227. doi: 10.11728/cjss1985.03.221

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Comparison of Air Densities from Air Drag upon Artificial Satellites With Models MSIS and CIRA1972

doi: 10.11728/cjss1985.03.221

Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica

Received Date: 1984-05-28
Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
Publish Date: 1985-08-24

Abstract

Abstract

In this paper air densities are determined by using the air drag data of several Chinese satellites and are compared with models MSISand CIRA 1972 respectively. The comparison shows that, at the heights considered in this paper, MSISfits observations better than CIRA 1972.