Protecting the GEO environment: Policies and practices

Space Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-135

  Johnson, Nicholas L ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0033176916     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-9646(99)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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