Design of low-thrust trajectories for the exploration of the outer solar system

54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 717-725

  Vasile, Massimiliano ^a   Galvez, Andres ^a   Summerer, Leopold ^a   Ongaro, Franco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; VECTORS;

ESCAPE VELOCITY; GRAVITY CONSTANT; PLUTO-CHARON SYSTEM; VENUS;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 22344444727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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