The study of altitude disturbance of ADEOS

ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) was launched on 17 August 1996 b y an H-II rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center. After the satellite ope rated for 10 months, the operation stopped on 30 June 1997. After investiga tion with telemetry data, it was found that the loss of power caused by the fracture of a solar array paddle was attributed to the anomaly. In this pa per, we describe the results of the analysis with the telemetry data of sat ellite attitude to find the cause of anomaly of solar array paddle. (C) 199 7 International Astronautical Federation. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd . All rights reserved.