Dynamics of planetary probes: Design and testing issues

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Chapman, Gary T ^a   Yates, Leslie A ^b  

^a ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Aerospace Computing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; PROBES; WELL TESTING;

AERODYNAMIC TESTING; PLANETARY PROBES;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 85088355684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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