Contour mission overview and trajectory design

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 95 PART 2, Issue , 1997, Pages 921-933

  Farquhar, R W ^a   Dunham, D W ^a   Jen, Shao Chiang ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Telos Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0001657766     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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