Study of the decay time of a CubeSat type satellite considering perturbations due to the Earth's oblateness and atmospheric drag

17th Brazilian Colloquium on Orbital Dynamics

Brito, T.P.^1 ; Celestino, C.C.^1 ; Moraes, R.V.^2

Universidade Federal Do ABC - UFABC, Av. dos Estados, 5001, Santo-André, SP

09210-588, Brazil^1

Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Rua Talim, 330, São José dos Campos, SP

12231-280, Brazil^2

关键词: Atmospheric drag;    Cubesat;    Decay time;    Earth's oblateness;    In-orbit;    Initial conditions;    Length of stay;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/641/1/012026/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/641/1/012026

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In this work the time required for the occurrence re-entry of a CubeSat satellite type is studied. Perturbations due to the Earth's oblateness and atmospheric drag are considered. The main objective is to study the initial conditions to determine the maximum length of stay in orbit of the CubeSat satellite type given to its mass and its altitude using numerical simulations of the motion equations and an analytical solution was proposed.