Astrid-2, an advanced microsatellite for auroral research

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 589-592

  Marklund, G T ^a   Blomberg, L G ^a   Persson, S ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; instruments and techniques); Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629374     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-589-2001     Document Type: Article

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