An aero-spacecraft for the far upper atmosphere supported by microwaves

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-535

  Benford, Gregory ^a   Benford, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Microwave Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TELEMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OPTICAL IMAGING; ORBITAL VELOCITY;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FORCE CONTROL; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETRY; TELEMETERING;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 11344286782     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.09.050     Document Type: Article

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