Radioisotope electric propulsion missions utilizing a common spacecraft design

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-8, 2005, Pages 444-454

  Fiehler, Douglas ^a   Oleson, Steven ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ORBITS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TARGETS; TRAJECTORIES;

AEROCAPTURE VEHICLES; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (NEP) VEHICLES; RADIOISOTOPE ELECTRIC PROPULSION MISSIONS; SPACECRAFT DESIGNS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 19944378817     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.03.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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