Design Improvements for a Multi-Tethered Aerostat System

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 994-1005

  Deschenes F ^a,b   Nahon, M ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Canada)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSTATS; LARGE ADAPTIVE REFLECTOR; RECEIVER MOTION; TELESCOPE RECEIVER;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIRRORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADIO TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 29344455527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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