Mercury sun-synchronous polar orbits using solar sail propulsion

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1337-1341

  Leipold, Manfred E ^a,c   Wagner, Otto ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; ORBITS; PLANETS; REMOTE SENSING; SUN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ORBIT PRECESSION; SOLAR SAIL PROPULSION; SUN SYNCHRONOUS POLAR ORBITS; THERMAL HAZARDS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0030285481     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21791     Document Type: Article

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