Role of flight path selection in construction of basic mission profile and study of launch- and encounter-related parameters for totality of Earth-Mars ballistic transfers; initial reductions of available trajectories resulted from tradeoffs in spacecraft weight, injection energy, and launch-period duration; criteria used in selecting aiming point at Mars and final post-injection trajectory characteristics; trajectories are compared with actual flight path results showing high accuracy of achieved Mars flyby; post-encounter heliocentric orbit and possibility of re-establishing communication during close approach to Earth in Sept 1967 are discussed.


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    Title :

    Trajectory design for Mariner-Mars 1964 mission


    Additional title:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


    Contributors:
    Tito, D.A. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :