Entry, descent, and landing operations analysis for the stardust Re-entry capsule

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1119-1128

  Desai, Prasun N ^a,c,d   Lyons, Dan T ^b,d,e   Tooley, Jeff ^b,d,e   Kangas, Julie ^b,d,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Exploration Systems Engineering Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Entry Descent and Landing Aero Applications Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIGATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT LANDING; TRAJECTORIES;

ALLOWABLE LANDING AREA; FOOTPRINT ELLIPSE; LANDING SITE; UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE;

REENTRY;

EID: 33845981785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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