Orbit determination studies for a low-altitude Europa orbiter

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 124 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1537-1547

  Thompson, Paul F ^a,b,c,d   Nandi, Sumita ^a,b,c,d   Wong, Mau C ^a,c,d,e  

^a Engineering Staff   (United States)

^b Outer Planet Navigation Group   (United States)

^c Guidance Navigation and Control Section ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Flight Path Control Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXECUTION ERRORS; NEAR POLAR ORBITS; ORBIT SIMULATIONS; PRIORI GRAVITY ERRORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; MANEUVERABILITY; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 34247115141     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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