Analytic orbital averaging technique for computing tangential-thrust trajectories

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1320-1323

  Gao, Y ^a   Kluever, C A ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS;

CLASSICAL ORBITAL ELEMENTS; OBLATENESS EFFECT; TANGENTIAL-THRUST TRAJECTORIES;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 28444486022     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14698     Document Type: Article

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