Research Article

Prediction of Orbit Decay for Large-Scale Spacecraft considering Rarefied Aerodynamic Perturbation Effects

Table 1

Rarefied aerodynamics between numerical methods and local fast algorithm.

HeightNumerical methodsLocal fast algorithmRelative error

1004.3124.320.18%
1204.2254.250.59%
2004.1184.120.48%
2503.8453.850.13%
3003.6523.680.76%
3502.6422.650.3%