An orbital analysis was carried out to define the geographical coverage capabilities of an ATMOS solar occultation experiment on Space Shuttle/Spacelab missions. Particular attention was given to the effects of launch time, orbit inclination, altitude, and season on latitude-longitude coverage. It is shown that the widest band of latitude coverage in the tropics and temperate zones can be achieved with a midinclined orbit and a midmorning or late-night launch time. The use of ATMOS Shuttle underflights to provide coincident measurements with a solar occultation experiment on the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite is also examined.


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    Titel :

    Orbital analysis for atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy (ATMOS) Shuttle missions


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference ; 1987 ; Kalispell, MT, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1988


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS)

    Farmer, C. B. / Breckinridge, J. B. / Chahine, M. T. et al. | NTRS | 1980





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