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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes Aircraft Company. Space and Communications Group.

Series:

AIAA professional study series.

AIAA professional study series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space vehicles--Design and construction--Case studies.

Space vehicles.

Venus probes--Case studies.

Venus probes.

Pioneer (Space probes)--Case studies.

Pioneer (Space probes).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Title from cover.

ISBN:

1-60086-810-X

1-60086-809-6

OCLC:

922979021