A survey of uncontrolled satellite reentry and impact prediction

The primary goal of this thesis is to identify the 'state-of-the-art' in orbit-decay-induced uncontrolled reentry/impact prediction methods, with an emphasis on the physics of the final few revolutions to impact. This was accomplished through a comprehensive literature survey from the 1950...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Neuenfeldt, Brian D., Henderson, William K.
Other Authors: Ross, I. Michael
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27301