A survey of aeroassisted orbit transfer

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 3-18

  Walberg, Gerald D ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROCAPTURE; MULTIPASS AEROBRAKING; ORBITAL TRANSFER VEHICLES; PLANETARY MISSIONS; SYNERGETIC PLANE CHANGE;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0021885583     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.25704     Document Type: Article

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