Mission analysis of a tethered system for LEO to GEO orbital transfers

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-20

  Lorenzini, E C ^a   Cosmo, M L ^a   Kaiser, M ^b   Bangham, M ^c   Dionne, H ^c   Vonderwell, D ^c   Johnson, L ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0039208912     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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