Spacecraft flight in the atmosphere
Spacecraft that orbit in Low Earth Orbit travel through a tenuous atmosphere and hence experience aerodynamic forces that can become quite significant, specially at low altitudes. The presence of these forces can become a major design driver for missions that fly at very low altitudes. Unfortunately...
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Cranfield University
2014
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.655970 |