An updated zero boil-off cryogenic propellant storage analysis applied to upper stages or depots in an LEO environment

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Plachta, David ^a   Kittel, Peter ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT; CRYOGENIC STORAGE; CRYOGENIC STORAGE SYSTEMS; LOW EARTH ORBIT(LEO); MISSION DURATION; ORBIT TRANSFER VEHICLES; PROPULSION CONCEPT; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METHANE; NASA; ORBITS; PROPULSION;

CRYOGENICS;

EID: 84896825634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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