Overview of the Cassini Solstice mission trajectory

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 135, Issue , 2010, Pages 829-854

  Smith, John ^a   Buffington, Brent ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENCELADUS; OPERATIONAL LIFETIME;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 80053360244     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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