@TechReport{AljbaaePrad:2022:StMiCo,
               author = "Aljbaae, Safwan and Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini de 
                         Almeida",
                title = "Studying missions that could benefit from small satellite 
                         constellations",
          institution = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais",
                 year = "2022",
                 type = "RPQ",
              address = "S{\~a}o Jos{\'e} dos Campos",
             keywords = "methods: data analysis, celestial mechanics, atmospheric effects, 
                         space vehicles, gravitation.",
             abstract = "Recently (2000-2021), human-space activities are increasing faster 
                         than ever. More than 36000 objects, greater than 10 cm, in orbit 
                         around the Earth, are tracked by the European Space Agency (ESA)1. 
                         Around 70% of all cataloged objects are in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). 
                         Aerodynamic drag provides one of the main sources of perturbations 
                         in this last population, gradually decreasing the semi-major axis 
                         and period of the LEO satellites. Usually, a empirical atmosphere 
                         model as a function of solar radio ux and geomagnetic data is used 
                         to calculate the orbital decay and lifetimes of LEO satellites. In 
                         this respect, a good forecast for the space weather data could be 
                         a key tool to study the drag perturbation on LEO Satellites. In 
                         this work, we propose using Time Series Forecasting Model to 
                         predict the future behavior of the solar ux and calculate the 
                         atmospheric density, in order to improve the analytical models and 
                         reduce the uncertainty of the drag.",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
             language = "en",
                pages = "9",
                  ibi = "8JMKD3MGP3W34T/46DE6S5",
                  url = "http://urlib.net/ibi/8JMKD3MGP3W34T/46DE6S5",
           targetfile = "Studying missions that could benefit from small satellite 
                         constellations..pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "25 jun. 2024"
}