Optimization of a low altitude tethered probe for martian atmospheric dust collection

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-205

  Pasca, Monica ^a   Lorenzini, Enrico C ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ORBITS; PLANETS; SPACE PROBES; TETHERLINES;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; LOW ALTITUDE TETHERED PROBE; PLANET MARS;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0030113985     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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