Delta-v requirements for earth co-orbital rendezvous missions

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 822-829

  Greg Stacey, R ^a,b   Connors, Martin ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Co orbital; Earth; Quasi satellite; Rendezvous

Indexed keywords

CO-ORBITAL; DELTA-V; EARTH; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FIRST LOOKS; LARGE POPULATIONS; LOW ENERGIES; PERIODIC HEATING; PHASE INDEPENDENTS; QUASI-SATELLITE; RENDEZVOUS; SOLAR POWER; THEORETICAL STUDIES; TROJANS;

ASTEROIDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE STATIONS;

ORBITS;

EID: 67349264137     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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