Solar electric propulsion performance for medlite and delta class planetary missions

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 97 PART 2, Issue , 1997, Pages 1951-1968

  Sauer Jr , Carl G ^a,b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AAS ^*  (Norway)

^c AIAA   (United States)

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EID: 2342513265     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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