In studying problems of docking and assembly in orbit, aerodynamic interference forces have potentially more than negligible effect; study made to determine aerodynamic forces acting among bodies traveling at 100 to 400 mi altitude; body separation distance and orientation, and molecular reflection speed are investigated; results indicate that interference forces, when bodies are very near each other, can be of same order as drag forces.
Aerodynamic interference in space operations
Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences
1963
25 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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