Spin index determination of the Hawkeye spacecraft

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 780-787

  Boardsen, Scott A ^a   Kessel, Ramona L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

HAWKEYE SPACECRAFT; SOLAR ARRAY VOLTAGE; SPIN INDEX DETERMINATION;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0036756960     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3879     Document Type: Article

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