Preliminary ISAS mercury orbiter mission design

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 45, Issue 4-9, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Yamakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Hirobumi ^a   Kawaguchi, JuN'Ichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Yasunori ^a   Hayakawa, Hajime ^a   Mukai, Toshinori ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 1542297299     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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