Options for a nondedicated mission to test the pioneer anomaly

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 806-821

  Rathke, Andreas ^a,c   Izzo, Dario ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c Department AED41 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; LAUNCHING; NAVIGATION; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

MICROSPACECRAFT; PIONEER ANOMALY; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; RADIO SIGNAL;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33748045469     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.17423     Document Type: Article

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