Aerocapture simulation and performance for the titan explorer mission

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Way, David W ^a   Powell, Richard W ^a   Edquist, Karl T ^a   Masciarelli, James P ^b   Starr, Brett R ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBRAKING; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AIR NAVIGATION; ERRORS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NAVIGATION; PROPULSION;

ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; DESIGN REFERENCE MISSIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HYBRID PREDICTOR-CORRECTOR AEROCAPTURE SCHEMES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROGRAM TO OPTIMIZE SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 85088720615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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