SMART-1 mission description and development status

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 14-15, 2002, Pages 1323-1337

  Racca, G D ^a   Marini, A ^a   Stagnaro, L ^a   Van Dooren, J ^a   Di Napoli, L ^a   Foing, B H ^a   Lumb, R ^a   Volp, J ^a   Brinkmann, J ^a   Grunagel R ^a   Estublier, D ^a   Tremolizzo, E ^a   McKay, M ^b   Camino, O ^b   Schoemaekers, J ^b   Hechler, M ^b   Khan, M ^b   Rathsman, P ^c   Andersson, G ^c   Anflo, K ^c   Berge, S ^c   Bodin, P ^c   Edfors, A ^c   Hussain, A ^c   Kugelberg, J ^c   Larsson, N ^c   Ljung, B ^c   Meijer, L ^c   Mortsell A ^c   Nordeback T ^c   Persson, S ^c   Sjoberg F ^c   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b ESA ESOC   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; HALL EFFECT; MOON; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

CRUISE SCIENCE;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036942964     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00123-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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