Characterization of space environmental effects on candidate solar sail material

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4823, Issue , 2002, Pages 67-74

  Edwards, David ^a   Hubbs, Whitney ^a   Stanaland, Tesia ^b   Hollerman, Andrew ^b   Altstatt, Richard ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Material; Radiation; Solar sail; Space environmental effects; Ultralight weight

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DOSIMETRY; ORBITS; PHOTONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

GEOSYNCHRONIZATION TRANSFER ORBIT; PHOTONIC MATERIALS; SOLAR SAIL MATERIAL; SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; THERMOOPTICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRALIGHT WEIGHT;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0036989632     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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