Saturn / titan rendezvous: A solar-sail aerocapture mission

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 11, Issue , 2004, Pages 7248-7255

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a   Taylor, Travis ^b   Powell, Conley ^b  

^a NYC College of Technology   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITAL LABORATORIES; PARACHUTES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE PROBES; TRAJECTORIES;

AEROCAPTURE MANEUVER; OPTIMISTIC SOLAR SAILS; TITAN ORBITER;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34249059590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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