Survey of present state of art; purposes of rendezvous, divided into inspection of unknown objects, refueling and supply (mission staging), space vehicle assembly, maintenance of complex space stations and rescue operations; phases of rendezvous, preparation and planning, launch and ascent, terminal phase, final phase, docking and contact, and orbital transfer; methods of orbital transfer, launching and ascent, terminal phase, manned control of terminal phase, docking phase, guidance, injection into stationary orbit; limitations of direct ascent rendezvous trajectories.


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    Title :

    Orbital rendezvous techniques


    Additional title:

    Brit Interplanetary Soc -- J


    Contributors:
    Dowlen, E.M. (author) / Seddon, J. (author)


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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