Experimental results of determining aerodynamic satellite characteristics in free-molecule gas flow

1Shabokhin, VA
1Yangel Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 1998, 4 ;(1):68–70
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit1998.01.068
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We give some results of the  determination of aerodynamic drag coefficient from experimental data on satellite deceleration.
Keywords: erodynamic characteristics, spacecraft control
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