Electrostatic space accelerometers for present and future missions

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 605-617

  Touboul, Pierre ^a   Foulon, Bernard ^a   Willemenot, Eric ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

ELECTROSTATIC SPACE ACCELEROMETERS; MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0033346225     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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