Systematic method for constructing earth-mars cyclers using free-return trajectories

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-335

  Russell, Ryan P ^a,b   Ocampo, Cesar A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b 1 University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAVITATION; MANEUVERABILITY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE SHUTTLES; TRAJECTORIES;

HELIOCENTRIC TURNING ANGLE; LAMBERT PROBLEM; SYNODIC PERIOD; VELOCITY VECTORS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 2642585773     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.i011     Document Type: Article

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