Earth and Mars observation using periodic orbits

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-195

  Ortore, E ^a   Circi, C ^a   Bunkheila, F ^a   Ulivieri, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravitational perturbations; Mars orbits; Multi SunSynchronous Orbits

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING;

GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS; MARS ORBIT; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ORBITS;

EID: 84155163171     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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