Abstract
AN important part of the International Geophysical Year Satellite Programme is the use of satellite orbital data for the deduction of atmospheric densities at very high altitudes. Several reports on preliminary results obtained by this method have recently appeared1,2.
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GRIMMINGER, G. Density of the Upper Atmosphere. Nature 183, 811–812 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183811b0
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