SuperSmart parachute deployment algorithm for Mars pinpoint landing

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wolf, Aron A ^a   Ivanov, Mark C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYMENT ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PINPOINT LANDING; PRE-SELECTED;

ALGORITHMS; ASTROPHYSICS; LANDING;

PARACHUTES;

EID: 78651225475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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