ODISSEE - A proposal for demonstration of a solar sail in earth orbit

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 4-9, 1999, Pages 557-566

  Leipold, M ^a   Garner, C E ^b   Freeland, R ^b   Hermann, A ^a   Noca, M ^b   Pagel, G ^a   Seboldt, W ^a   Sprague, G ^b   Unckenbold, W ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001499737     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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