Current collection at the shuttle orbiter during the tethered satellite system tether break

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Aguero V M ^a,b   Burke, W J ^c   Gilchrist, B E ^d,j   Stone, N H ^e   Gentile, L C ^f   Williams, S D ^a,k   Cooke, D L ^c   Thompson, D C ^g   Bonifazi, C ^h   Lebreton, J P ⁱ  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^j and Space Sciences   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0342931100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
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