Ballistics and navigation of the Venera 11 and Venera 12 automatic interplanetary stations.
Abstract
The paper examines the interplanetary flight plans of the Venera 11 and 12 probes. Consideration is given to 'targeting' procedures, near-planetary maneuver plans, landing site selection, trajectory measurements, and triple correction maneuvers.
- Publication:
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Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979KosIs..17..670A
- Keywords:
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- Ballistic Trajectories;
- Flight Characteristics;
- Interplanetary Flight;
- Space Navigation;
- Venera Satellites;
- Asymptotic Methods;
- Landing Sites;
- Spacecraft Landing;
- Venus Surface;
- Astrodynamics;
- Planetary Probes:Navigation