Modeling of spacecraft-environment interactions on SMART-1

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-399

  Tajmar, M ^a   Gonzalez J ^b   Hilgers, A ^b  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SOLAR ARRAYS; THRUSTER PLUMES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0035332621     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3697     Document Type: Article

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