14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Maui, Hawaii, USAStardust will return samples of dust from comet Wild 2 to be collected during an encounter in January 2004. Approach to Wild 2 will be performed with a number of trajectory correction maneuvers following a period of solar conjunction ending in early October 2003.
Wild 2 approach maneuver strategy for Stardust spacecraft
14th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
2004-02-08
Conference paper
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English
Astrodynamics , maneuver , Wild 2 , comets , Stardust
AIAA-2004-5395 WILD2 Approach Maneuver Strategy Used for Stardust Spacecraft
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