Ground demonstration of a spinning solar sail deployment concept

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Salama, M ^a   White, C ^a   Leland, R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC MOTORS; GRAVITATION; SOLAR ENERGY; TETHERLINES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

SOLAR SAIL;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0037282027     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3933     Document Type: Article

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