Solar sailcraft of the first generation technology development

54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 503-511

  Seboldt, Wolfgang ^a   Dachwald, Bernd ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE (SRP); SOLAR SAILCRAFT; SPACE STRUCTURES;

ALUMINUM; PLASTIC FILMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; THIN FILMS; TORQUE;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 22144462116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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