Test vehicle ALEX-I for low-cost autonomous parafoil landing experiments

14th Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 261-267

  Doherr, Karl Friedrich ^a   Jann, Thomas ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COSTS; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LANDING; MAGNETOMETERS;

AUTONOMOUS LANDING; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; FLIGHT TRAJECTORY; FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER; LOW-COST SENSORS; ONBOARD COMPUTERS; PRECISION LANDING; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84976474026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1997-1543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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