The advantages of multiple coronagraphic vehicles in occulter missions

AIAA Space 2003 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Jordan, Ian J E ^a   Hart, Helen M ^a   Schultz, Alfred B ^a   Kochte, Mark ^a   Starkman, Glenn D ^b   Copi, Craig J ^b   Lyon, Richard G ^c  

^a Advanced Air Traffic Management Solutions   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; ORBITS; SPACE TELESCOPES; VEHICLES;

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; FREE FLYING VEHICLES; MISSION LIFETIME; OCCULTERS; SPACE VEHICLES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85087595952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-6300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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