Publication Date:
2006-01-16
Description:
The launch, interplanetary, encounter, and Mars orbit phases of the Viking 1 and 2 spacecraft trajectories are described. Time history plots of several parameters relative to the trajectories are presented along with tables of the geocentric, heliocentric, aerocentric, and injection orbital elements appropriate to each of the spacecraft trajectories.
Keywords:
LAUNCH VEHICLES AND SPACE VEHICLES
Type:
Viking Navigation; p 30-47
Format:
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