The Huygens Probe Descent Trajectory Working Group: Organizational framework, goals, and implementation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1877-1885

  Atkinson, David H ^a   Kazeminejad, Bobby ^b   Lebreton, Jean Pierre ^c   Witasse, Olivier ^c   Pérez Ayúcar, Miguel ^c   Matson, Dennis L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini Huygens mission; Entry and descent trajectory reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NASA; NAVIGATION;

CASSINI MISSIONS; DESCENT TRAJECTORY RECONSTRUCTIONS; FLAGSHIP MISSIONS; HUYGENS MISSIONS;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 35348826911     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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