Heliospheric boundary exploration using ion propulsion spacecraft

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-371

  Kluever, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION PROPULSION; OPTIMIZATION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TRAJECTORIES;

HELIOSPHERIC BOUNDARY; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0031139729     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3218     Document Type: Article

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