Saturn impact trajectories for cassini end-of-mission

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-364

  Yam, Chit Hong ^a,c,d   Davis, Diane Craig ^a,c   Longuski, James M ^a,c   Howell, Kathleen C ^a,c   Buffington, Brent ^b,e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Purdue University

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e Navigation and Control Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETS; SPACECRAFT;

CASSINI; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; DELTA-V; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; RING GAP; SAFE DISPOSALS; SATURN'S ATMOSPHERE; SHORT PERIODS;

ORBITS;

EID: 65949115732     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.38760     Document Type: Article

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