Browsing Space Systems Design Lab (SSDL) by Subject "Aerobraking"
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Aerobraking Cost/Risk Decisions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)Three missions have successfully used aerobraking to reduce the spacecraft orbit period and achieve the desired orbit geometry. A fourth, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, will employ aerobraking following its orbit insertion ...