Analysis and design of the aerobraking tether for stochastic errors

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-89

  Tragesser, Steven G ^a,b   Longuski, James M ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

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