Performance characterization of supersonic retropropulsion for application to high-mass Mars entry, descent, and landing

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Korzun, Ashley M ^a,b   Braun, Robert D ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT; ENTRY , DESCENT , AND LANDINGS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; EXPLORATION MISSIONS; FREESTREAM CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; PERFORMANCE IMPACT; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE RESULTS; SYSTEMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; GAS DYNAMICS; PROPULSION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG;

EID: 77958171855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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