A Survey of Current Operations-Ready Thermospheric Density Models for Drag Modeling in LEO Operations

Shaylah Mutschler, Marcin Pilinski, Sean Bruinsma, Eric Sutton, W. Kent Tobiska, Delores Knipp, Tzu-Wei Fang, Steve Casali, Vishnuu Mallik, Brandon DiLorenzo, Christian Siemes

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DOI: 10.1007/s40295-025-00558-8
Published: 2026-03-17
Container: The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s40295-025-00558-8,
  title = {A Survey of Current Operations-Ready Thermospheric Density Models for Drag Modeling in LEO Operations},
  author = {Shaylah Mutschler and Marcin Pilinski and Sean Bruinsma and Eric Sutton and W. Kent Tobiska and Delores Knipp and Tzu-Wei Fang and Steve Casali and Vishnuu Mallik and Brandon DiLorenzo and Christian Siemes},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences},
  doi = {10.1007/s40295-025-00558-8},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s40295-025-00558-8}
}

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AU  - Marcin Pilinski
AU  - Sean Bruinsma
AU  - Eric Sutton
AU  - W. Kent Tobiska
AU  - Delores Knipp
AU  - Tzu-Wei Fang
AU  - Steve Casali
AU  - Vishnuu Mallik
AU  - Brandon DiLorenzo
AU  - Christian Siemes
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DO  - 10.1007/s40295-025-00558-8
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Mutschler, S., Pilinski, M., Bruinsma, S., Sutton, E., Tobiska, W. K., Knipp, D., Fang, T., Casali, S., Mallik, V., DiLorenzo, B., & Siemes, C. (2026). A Survey of Current Operations-Ready Thermospheric Density Models for Drag Modeling in LEO Operations. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40295-025-00558-8

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