Far-field spectral analysis of a space shuttle vernier reaction control system firing

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1370-1376

  Bernstein, Lawrence S ^a   Braunstein, Matthew ^a   Broadfoot, A Lyle ^b   Dimpfl, William L ^c,e   Dressler, Rainer A ^d,e   Chiu, Yu Hui ^d,e   Gardner, James A ^d   Murad, Edmond ^d  

^a SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; IMAGE SENSORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTION KINETICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROGRAPHS;

FAR FIELD SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; IMAGER SPECTROGRAPH; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; VERNIER REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 33846106243     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.21252     Document Type: Article

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