Negative C3 launch options for solar system exploration

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Leifer, Stephanie ^a   Noca, Muriel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC PROPULSION; HALL THRUSTERS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ION ENGINES; LANDING; LAUNCH VEHICLES; NASA; ORBITS; PROPULSION; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

BEGINNING OF LIVES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84963857395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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