Perturbation effect of the Coulomb drag on the orbital elements of the earth satellite moving in the ionosphere |
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| Authors: | Lin-Sen Li |
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| Institution: | 1. Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;2. School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, China;3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;1. Department of Mathematics, Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India;2. Department of Mathematics, ARSD College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India;3. Department of Mathematics, Miranda House, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India;1. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Space Physics, 3 av. Circulaire, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium;2. Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Center for Space Radiations (CSR) and Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Place Louis Pasteur 3 bte L4.03.08, B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium;1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology of Materials (Ministry of Education), Superconductivity and New Energy R&D Center, Mail Stop 165#, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China;2. School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China;3. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Application, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | The perturbation effects of the Coulomb drag on the orbital elements of the earth satellite moving in the ionosphere are studied. The theoretical results show that the Coulomb drag results in both the secular and periodic variation in the semi-major axis and eccentricity. However, the argument of the perigee exhibits no secular variation, but only periodic variation. The inclination and the ascending node remain no variation. As an example, the secular effects of the Coulomb drag on the semi-major axis and the eccentricity of an ionosphere satellite Alouette (S-27) are calculated in the ionosphere with the mean height 1000 km. It can be shown that the semi-major axis contracts and the eccentricity decreases for the case of the Coulomb drag under the interaction of the ions with the electric field of an earth satellite. |
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