Development of a renewable atomic oxygen sensor for low earth orbit

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-415

  Gabriel, S B ^a   Osborne, J J ^a   Roberts, G T ^a   Chambers, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES; MICROSATELLITES; REUSABLE ATOMIC OXYGEN SENSORS;

OXYGEN SENSORS;

EID: 0032073869     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3347     Document Type: Article

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