Titan aerocapture mission and spacecraft design overview

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Bailey, R W ^a   Hall, J L ^a   Spilker, T R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBRAKING; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; NASA; NUCLEAR BATTERIES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; VEHICLES;

AEROCAPTURE MISSION; EARTH GRAVITY ASSISTS; IN-SPACE PROPULSION; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT DESIGN;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 85088344715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. M. Noca, R.W. Bailey, C.J. Sauer, and R.E. Dyke, "Titan Explorer Mission Trades from the Perspective of Aerocapture, " 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper Number AIAA-2003-4801, July 22, 2003.
4. R.J. Haw, "Titan Approach Navigation for the Titan Aerocapture Orbiter, " 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper Number AIAA-2003-4802, July 22, 2003.
5. C. Justus, A. Duvall, D. Johnson, "Engineering Level Model Atmospheres for Titan and Neptune, " 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper Number AIAA-2003-4803, July 22, 2003.
6. J. Masciarelli, E. Queen, "Guidance Algorithms for Aerocapture at Titan, " 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper Number AIAA-2003-4804, July 22, 2003.
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9. J. Oleiniczak, D. Prabhu, M. Wright, N. Takashima, B. Hollis, K. Sutton, "An Analysis of the Radiative Heating Environment for Aerocapture at Titan, " 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper Number AIAA-2003-4953, July 22, 2003.
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