The Jupiter icy moons orbiter reference trajectory

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 124 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1415-1436

  Whiffen, Gregory J ^a,b   Lam, Try ^a,b  

^a Navigation and Mission Design Section   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLISTO; DELTA VELOCITY; JIMO MISSION; JUPITER ICY MOONS ORBITER REFERENCE TRAJECTORY;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; MOON; NASA; PLANETS; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 34247114233     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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