Technique presented may facilitate employment of atmospheric braking to attain orbit about planet as terminal phase of interplanetary trajectory; proposed system comprises set of small aerodynamic precursor vehicles which will be launched at various angles in planetary approach trajectory plane to acquire atmospheric data needed by mothercraft; data will be telemetered from each precursor, which will contain its own small rocket to allow trajectory change; results of feasibility study show that precursor-atmospheric braking technique could provide Martianorbital payload factors of 4 to 5 compared to straight retropropulsion system.


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    Title :

    Precursor orbital guidance


    Additional title:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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