Thermal analysis and correlation of the mars odyssey spacecraft's solar array during aerobraking operations

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Dec, John A ^a   Gasbarre, Joseph F ^a   George, Benjamin E ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; AERODYNAMICS; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; FORECASTING; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SPACECRAFT; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ADVANCED THERMAL ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; FLIGHT MECHANICS; MARS ODYSSEY SPACECRAFT; RELATIVE VELOCITY; TELEMETRY DATA; TEMPERATURE CORRELATION; TIGHTLY-COUPLED;

AEROBRAKING;

EID: 85085404579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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