Atmospheric density during the aerobraking of Mars Odyssey from radio tracking data

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1165-1171

  Mazarico, Erwan ^a,c   Zuber, Maria T ^a,c   Lemoine, Frank G ^b,d   Smith, David E ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences ^*

^d Solar System Exploration Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; DRAG; ORBITS; PLANETS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SATELLITES;

AEROBRAKING PASS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; RADIO TRACKING DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

EID: 38349143172     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28448     Document Type: Article

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