Multi-body orbit architectures for lunar south pole coverage

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 124 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1285-1307

  Grebow, D J ^a,b   Ozimek, M T ^a,b   Howell, K C ^a,b,c   Folta, D C ^b,d  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c Purdue University ^*  (Norway)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS; LUNAR SOUTH POLE COVERAGE; MULTIBODY ORBIT ARCHITECTURES; POTENTIAL GROUND STATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPACE STATIONS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247141008     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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