In the Saturnian system, the control of the node-crossing point is important to avoid debris in Saturn's ring plane and to target flybys of moons other than Titan. This paper describes how to use gravity assists to control a spacecrft's node crossings.


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    Title :

    Control of node crossings in Saturnian gravity-assist tours


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2003 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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