Design feasibility via ascent optimality for next-generation spacecraft

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 705-715

  Miele, A ^a   Mancuso, S ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKET ENGINES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SINGLE-STAGE-SUB-ORBIT (SSSO) SPACECRAFTS; SINGLE-STAGE-TO-ORBIT (SSTO) SPACECRAFTS; TWO-STAGE-TO-ORBIT (TSTO) SPACECRAFTS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033317088     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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