Gas-surface interactions modelling influence on satellite aerodynamics and thermosphere mass density

G March, J Van Den Ijssel, C Siemes… - Journal of Space …, 2021 - swsc-journal.org
… obtained by different studies and semi-empirical models to show the principal … energy
accommodation coefficient. Our analysis demonstrates that an energy accommodation coefficient

Drag coefficient constraints for space weather observations in the upper thermosphere

V Bernstein, M Pilinski - Space Weather, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… thermal equilibrium with the satellite surface. The energy accommodation coefficient is
split into … oxygen number density in the Semi-Empirical Satellite Accommodation Model (SESAM). …

Evaluating Satellite Drag Coefficient Modeling Assumptions in Helium-Rich Space Environments

VE Bernstein - 2022 - search.proquest.com
… , and semi-empirical global atmospheric models, and validate … of energy accommodation in
the modeled drag coefficient … is a key parameter in drag coefficient modeling. Results suggest …

[PDF][PDF] Drag Coefficient Constraints for Space Weather

V Bernstein, M Pilinski - researchgate.net
… assimilative, empirical, and 18 semi-empirical global atmospheric models, and validate …
equilibrium with 92 the satellite surface. The energy accommodation coefficient is split into …

Influence of energy accommodation on a robust spacecraft rendezvous maneuver using differential aerodynamic forces

C Traub, GH Herdrich, S Fasoulas - CEAS Space Journal, 2020 - Springer
… [25, 26] developed an analytic model semiempirical model for satellite energy accommodation
coefficients (SESAM) using the partial pressure of atomic oxygen omitting the constant …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite drag coefficient modeling for thermosphere science and mission operations

PM Mehta, SN Paul, NH Crisp, PL Sheridan… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
… referred to as the Semi-empirical Satellite Accommodation Model (SESAM). … C satellites
also turned out to provide more consistent density data for an energy accommodation coefficient

CHAMP and GOCE thermospheric wind characterization with improved gas-surface interactions modelling

G March, T Visser, P Visser, EN Doornbos - Advances in Space Research, 2019 - Elsevier
… and satellite surfaces is necessary. In this article, the effect of varying the energy accommodation
coefficient… The semi-empirical model seems to underestimate the westward winds in the …

Evidence for drag coefficient modeling errors near and above the oxygen-to-helium transition

V Bernstein, M Pilinski, D Knipp - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
energy accommodation coefficients. The RSM [4] was designed as an implementation of
the CLL gas–surface interaction framework fit to the GRACE satellite, among other satellites

Review and comparison of empirical thermospheric mass density models

C He, Y Yang, B Carter, E Kerr, S Wu, F Deleflie… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2018 - Elsevier
… empirical models are also called semi-empirical models due … for spherical satellites because
the drag coefficient varies with the … value of the energy accommodation coefficient as in the …

Drag coefficient model to track variations due to attitude and orbital motion

V Ray, DJ Scheeres - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
… that characterizes the energy of flow emitted from the satellite wall [7,8]. The second … use
semi-empirical models developed for parameters such as the energy accommodation coefficient