History of 3-yr Gemini mission planning period with emphasis on operational constraints on final rendezvous mission design; early planning involved tangential orbit technique; changeover to concentric orbit rendezvous plan overcame shortcomings of tangential plan but introduced new problems; location of rendezvous midcourse maneuvers was influenced by ground-station locations and by timing of events to take advantage of ground-based guidance capabilities; decision to employ simultaneous-countdown, same-day launch, altered early launch-window philosophies that depended on long, continuous window and on ability to call holds for trajectory considerations. (02637)


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    Title :

    Development of Gemini operational rendezvous plan


    Additional title:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


    Contributors:
    Parten, R.P. (author) / Mayer, J.P. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Development of the Gemini operational rendezvous plan.

    Mayer, J. P. / Parten, R. P. | NTRS | 1968


    Development of the Gemini operational rendezvous plan.

    Mayer, J. P. / Parten, R. P. | NTRS | 1968




    Gemini rendezvous

    BURTON, J. / HAYES, W. | AIAA | 1964