Report presents concept for space ambulance that moves as quickly and economically as possible between orbits. Describes variety of rendezvous maneuvers between space stations in geocentric orbits at altitudes ranging from 200 km to geosynchronous altitude. Analyzes minimum times to complete rendezvous with orbiting medical station.
Trajectories For Space Ambulance
NASA Tech Briefs ; 12 , 11
1988-12-01
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