Mission design for the MMS tetrahedron formation

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 533-540

  Guzmán, José J ^a   Edery, Ariel ^b  

^a ai Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

DOUBLE LUNAR SWINGBY (DLS); GEOCENTRIC SOLAR ECLIPTIC (GSE); MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE MISSION (MMS); MISSION DESIGN;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11244337965     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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