Abstract
The effect of air drag on the orbits of six Cosmos satellites having low perigee heights has been investigated. The diurnal variation of neutral atmospheric density at about 280 km is shown to have an amplitude of about 25% of its average value and to have a maximum value at about 14 h local time.
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