A direct trajectory optimization method for constrained interplanetary missions

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 102 I, Issue , 1999, Pages 423-430

  Kluever, C A ^a   Cupples, M L ^b   Kirchmyer, R H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DESE Research Inc   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0040313345     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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