Guidance strategy for radially accelerated trajectories

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 677-683

  Yamakawa, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MANEUVERABILITY; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SUN;

ACCELERATION DISTURBANCES; GUIDANCE STRATEGY; PLASMA PROPULSION; RADIAL ACCELERATION;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 24144445157     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5264     Document Type: Article

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