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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968722703321

Titolo

Pioneer Venus case study in spacecraft design / / Hughes Aircraft Company, Space and Communications Group

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1997]

ISBN

1-60086-810-X

1-60086-809-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

AIAA professional study series

Disciplina

629.133349

Soggetti

Space vehicles - Design and construction

Venus probes

Pioneer (Space probes)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from cover.

Nota di contenuto

""COVER""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY""; ""2. ORBITER SYSTEM AND MISSION DESCRIPTION""; ""3. MULTIPROBE SYSTEM AND MISSION DESCRIPTION""; ""4. MULTIPROBE AND ORBITER DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""5. PROBES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""6. FLIGHT PERFORMANCE""; ""7. CONCLUSIONS""

Sommario/riassunto

This case study describes the two spacecraft missions (an orbit and a multiprobe), including the mission plans, major engineering design problems, trade-offs, and the preliminary results of the encounter.