Space Weather Impact on Low Earth Orbit Drag: A Technical Note on Density Model Divergence

Authors

  • Alar Oidekivi Department of Space Engineering, Matsalu Institute for Future Science, Lihula, Estonia Author
  • Danijela Ivancic-Bre Department of Astronomy, Trnovo Institute for Future Science, Idrija, Slovenia Author
  • Ebbe-K Ingemannsen Centre for Computational Science, Rold Institute for Future Science, Skorping, Denmark Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22676588

Keywords:

Space Weather Impact on Low Earth Orbit Drag; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Space Weather Impact on Low Earth Orbit Drag has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for space weather impact on low earth orbit drag, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than
either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2024-10-27