Experimental investigations of the comet lander philae touchdown dynamics

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1885-1894

  Witte, Lars ^a   Schroeder, Silvio ^a   Kempe, Henning ^a   Van Zoest, Tim ^a   Roll, Reinhard ^b   Ulamec, Stephan ^a   Biele, Jens ^a   Block, Joachim ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND OPERATIONS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOIL MECHANICS; TEST FACILITIES;

ASYMMETRIC LOADS; CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LANDING OPERATIONS; OPERATING MODES; ROSETTA MISSION; TERRAIN UNDULATION; VERIFICATION PROGRAMS;

LANDING;

EID: 84914165842     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.A32906     Document Type: Article

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