Accession Number:

AD0276083

Title:

EFFECT OF CUTOFF LATITUDE ON CUTOFF CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER ORBITS TO VENUS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• ROWELL,L.N.
• HUBER,C.R.

Report Date:

1962-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The possible energy advantage to be gained by using a parking orbit for injecting into the hyperbolic escape was studied. This study may be helpful in the detection and tracking of un-ANNOUNCED SPACE PROBES, AND IN DEMONSTRATING THE ADVANTAGE OF USING PARKING ORBITS FOR U. S. space shots. Author

Descriptors:

• *FLIGHT PATHS
• COMPUTERS
• DETECTION
• ENERGY
• ENERGY MANAGEMENT
• EQUATIONS
• EXTERIOR BALLISTICS
• GUIDANCE
• INTERIOR BALLISTICS
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• MOTION
• ORBITS
• PARKING ORBIT TRAJECTORIES
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• SPACE PROBES
• SPACECRAFT
• TRACKING
• VENUS(PLANET)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE