Technologies for refueling spacecraft on-orbit

Space 2000 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Chato, David J ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; SPACE STATIONS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

CRYOGENIC SYSTEM; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION; GROUND TESTS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; ON-ORBIT REFUELING; TRANSFER LINES;

ORBITS;

EID: 85087190097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-5107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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