The 1st John V. Breakwell Memorial Lecture: Recent advances in the optimization and guidance of aeroassisted orbital transfers

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 747-768

  Miele, A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TRAJECTORIES;

AEROASSISTED ORBITAL TRANSFER; ATMOSPHERIC MANEUVERS; BANK CONTROL ANGLE;

ORBITAL TRANSFER;

EID: 0030134945     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(96)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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