New trajectory options for ballistic Mercury Orbiter mission

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 108 I, Issue , 2001, Pages 799-806

  Yen, Chen Wan L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LAUNCHING; OPTIMIZATION;

TRAJECTORY DESIGN;

ORBITS;

EID: 0035729165     PISSN: 10816003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Ballistic Mercury Orbiter mission via Venus and Mercury gravity assists
2. Discovery-class Mercury orbiter trajectory design for the 2005 launch opportunity
3. A resilient mission design for the MESSENGER 2004 Mercury orbiter
4. Chemical and solar electric propulsion options for a Mercury cornerstone mission