Identifying safe zones for planetary satellite orbiters

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 350-373

  Paskowitz, M E ^a,b   Scheeres, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MANEUVERABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORBITS; SAFETY FACTOR; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; TRAJECTORIES;

PLANETARY SATELLITES; SAFE ZONES; SATELLITE ORBITS; TARGET ORBITS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 19644395666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-4862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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