Velocity pointing errors associated with spinning thrusting spacecraft

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-365

  Javorsek II, Daniel ^a   Longuski, James M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MANEUVERABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROPELLANTS; TORQUE;

THRUST MANEUVERS;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0033688707     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3586     Document Type: Article

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