Return from orbit - The flight path of the spacecraft and possible landing site
Abstract
Factors affecting the selection of landing regimes for Soviet spacecraft are discussed. The influence of such considerations as the length and type of mission and orbit parameters is examined. In-flight orbit adjustment procedures preparatory to the initiation of landing procedures are described, and a typical soft-landing regime is outlined.
- Publication:
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Aviatsiia i Kosmonavtika
- Pub Date:
- May 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976AvKos.......42I
- Keywords:
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- Flight Paths;
- Landing Sites;
- Spacecraft Reentry;
- Spacecraft Trajectories;
- Launch Windows;
- Soft Landing;
- Spacecraft Landing;
- U.S.S.R. Space Program;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking