Solar sail technology for advanced space science missions

Space Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Leipold, M ^a   Pfeiffer, E ^a   Groepper, P ^b   Eiden, M ^b   Seboldt, W ^c   Herbeck, L ^c   Unckenbold, W ^d  

^a OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d High Performance Space Structure Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Solar soil technology; Space exploration; Space science

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ORBITS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0041422284     PISSN: 08929270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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