Aurora project: removal of plastic substrate to obtain an all-metal solar sail

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-150

  Scaglione, S ^a   Vulpetti, G ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b TELESPAZIO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; ORBITS; OXYGEN; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SUBSTRATES; TRAJECTORIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; AURORA SPACECRAFT; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM REVERSAL; PLASTIC SUBSTRATE; SAILCRAFT; SOLAR SAIL;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0032680536     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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