Aurora project: estimation of the optical sail parameters

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Vulpetti, G ^a   Scaglione, S ^b  

^a TELESPAZIO S P A   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

AURORA SAILCRAFT MISSION; SOLAR SPECTRUM; THERMOOPTICAL PARAMETERS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0032650478     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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