Low cost Mercury orbiter and sample return missions using solar sail propulsion

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1074, 2003, Pages 469-478

  McInnes, C R ^a   Hughes, G ^a   McDonald, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAUNCHING; PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

SOLAR SAIL PROPULSIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0041821655     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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