Orbit perturbation analysis of west ford needles clusters

Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 288-293

  Bowman, Bruce R ^a   Barker, William N ^b   Schick, William G ^b  

^a Analysis and Engineering Division ^*  (United States)

^b ITT   (United States)

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