Astrodynamic fundamentals for deflecting hazardous near-Earth objects

60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 4498-4509

  Wie, Bong ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 77953599273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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