Simulation and Optical Analysis of Objects Re-entering Earth’s Atmosphere: On the Detection and Tracking of Meteors and Re-entering Capsules Observed from GEO

Meteors have been observed by accident from geostationary orbit (GEO). It is of interest for surveillance, meteor science and the updating of empirical models to know what instruments are needed on a GEO satellite to observe meteors and re-entering capsules in Earth ‘s atmosphere. A re-entry simulation code is written to fill the gap of missing...