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Predicting the Life-Times of Artificial Satellites in Theory and Practice

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KING-HELE, D. Predicting the Life-Times of Artificial Satellites in Theory and Practice. Nature 193, 638–639 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193638a0

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