The TSS-1R electrodynamic Tether experiment: Scientific and technological results

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1037-1045

  Stone, N H ^a   Raitt, W J ^b   Wright Jr , K H ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0041032041     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00551-7     Document Type: Article

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