The contraction of satellite orbits under the influence of air drag
By: by D.G. King-Hele, G.E. Cook, and D.M.C. Walker
Contributors: Walker, D. M. C.; Cook, G. E.; Royal Aircraft Establishment (Great Britain)
Series: Pt. 1-4: Technical note/ Royal Aircraft Establishment -- G.W. 533, 565; Space 1, 18; Pt. 5-6: Technical report/ Royal Aircraft Establishment -- no. 64029, 67092; Technical report (Royal Aerospace Establishment (Great Britain)) -- 64029, 67092; Technical note (Royal Aerospace Establishment (Great Britain)) -- G.W. 533, 565
Publisher: Ministry of Aviation
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Farnborough, Hants
Language: eng
Subjects: Artificial satellites; Orbits; Drag (Aerodynamics)
Notes: "November, 1959"--Pt. 1; "December, 1960"--Pt. 2; "January, 1962"--Pt. 3; "September, 1962"--Pt. 4; "October 1964"--Pt. 5; "April 1967"--Pt. 6.

"Departmental Reference: Space 77"--Pt. 5; "Departmental Reference: Space 202"--Pt. 6.

"U.D.C. No. 523.4 : 525 : 521.4 : 523.6.013.12 : 531.555"--Pt. 1; "U.D.C. No. 629.19 : 521.6 : 521.43 : 523.154.73 : 523.6.013.12"--Pt. 2; "U.D.C. No. 629.195.077.3 : 533.6.013.12"--Pt. 3; "U.D.C. No. 629.195.077.3 : 533.6.013.12 : 551.510.536"--Pt. 4; "U.D.C. No. 523.154.73 : 533.6.013.12 : 551.510.3"--Pt. 5; "U.D.C. No. 521.6 : 521.3 : 629.195 : 551.510.3 : 533.6.013.12"--Pt. 6.

Pt. 6 issued at the Ministry of Technology.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. With spherically symmetrical atmosphere; title: pt. 2.; title: With oblate atmosphere; title: pt. 3. High-eccentricity orbits (0⁺2 [less than or equal to] e<1); title: pt. 4. With scale height dependent on altitude; title: pt. 5. With day-to-night variation in air density; title: pt. 6. Near-circular orbits with day-to-night variation in air density.