Ballistic range testing of the mars exploration rover entry capsule

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2571-2584

  Schoenenberger, Mark ^a,d,e   Hathaway, Wayne ^b,e   Yates, Leslie ^c,e   Desai, Prasun ^a,d,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Arrow Tech Associates   (United States)

^c Aerospace Computing Inc   (United States)

^d MS 489   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; DAMPING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION;

BALLISTIC RANGE TESTING; MARS EXPLORATION; PITCH DAMPING DATA;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 30744433914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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