Design of the first interplanetary solar electric propulsion mission

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 589-595

  Rayman, Marc D ^a   Williams, Steven N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAJECTORIES;

LOW THRUST TRAJECTORIES; MASS MARGIN; MISSION MARGIN; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0036655289     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3848     Document Type: Article

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