PLANE-CHANGE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH RENDEZVOUS IN A SATELLITE ORBIT ABOUT MARS.
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to determine the planechange requirements associated with rendezvous in a satellite orbit about Mars. The geometry of the landing and rendezvous is first worked out along with derivations of appropriate equations. The effect of satellite orbit perturbations is investigated with planet oblateness having the only noticeable influence for short staytimes on Mars. The requirement of maintaining rendezvous capability at all times while on the planet surface was studied with the results appearing as a graph from which the minimum-maximum plane-change angle can be obtained for all staytimes, landing latitudes and orbit angles. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0619395
Entities
People
- Randolph Manchester Teague
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology