Ballistic capture lunar transfer determination for the U.S. Air Force Academy Blue Moon mission

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 95 PART 2, Issue , 1997, Pages 869-880

  Belbruno, Edward ^a   Humble, Ronald ^b   Coil, Jac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

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EID: 0006208895     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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