Mission design of the first robotic lunar exploration program mission: The lunar reconnaissance orbiter

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 123 III, Issue , 2006, Pages 2497-2511

  Beckman, Mark ^a   Folta, Dave ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (LRO); POLAR LUNAR ORBIT; ROBOTIC LUNAR EXPLORATION PROGRAM (RLEP);

COSTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LAUNCHING; ORBITS; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 33749370135     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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