Advanced propulsion for geostationary orbit insertion and north-south station keeping

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

  Oleson, Steven R ^a,d   Myers, Roger M ^a,d   Kluever, Craig A ^b,d   Riehl, John P ^c,d   Curran, Francis M ^c,d  

^a NYMA Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

CHEMICAL ENGINES; GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT INSERTION; NORTH SOUTH STATION KEEPING; PAYLOAD MASS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 0030736115     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3187     Document Type: Article

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