Mars exploration rover six-degree-of-freedom entry trajectory analysis

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1019-1025

  Desai, Prasun N ^a,b,c   Schoenenberger, Mark ^a,b   Cheatwood, F M ^a,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Systems Engineering Directorate   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Exploration Systems and Space Operations Technology Directorate   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPACECRAFT LANDING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAJECTORIES;

MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS; MONTE CARLO DISPERSION ANALYSIS; OFF-NOMINAL CONDITIONS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750496202     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6008     Document Type: Article

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