Preflight testing and flight performance of the OEDIPUS-C tether force sensor

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-541

  Jablonski, Alexander M ^a,e   Vigneron, Frank R ^a,e   Rhew, Ray D ^b   Bergmans, John L ^c,e   Whitehead, William R ^d,e   Tyc, George ^d,e  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Bristol Aerospace Limited   (Canada)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA PROBES; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES; TRANSDUCERS;

OEDIPUS C SPACECRAFT; TETHER FORCE SENSORS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 0031186511     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3243     Document Type: Article

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