Optimal missions with minimagnetospheric plasma propulsion

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-212

  Mengali, Giovanni ^a   Quarta, Alessandro A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

AZIMUTHAL THRUST COMPONENT; INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS; MINIMAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA PROPULSION; OPTIMAL MISSIONS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 32544455104     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18169     Document Type: Article

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