GeoSail: Exploring the magnetosphere using a low-cost solar sail

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 59, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages 757-767

  Macdonald, Malcolm ^a   McInnes, Colin ^a   Alexander, David ^b   Sandman, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PROPULSION; SPACE RESEARCH;

ELECTRON DYNAMICS; INNOVATIVE MISSION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SOLAR SAIL PROPULSION;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 33746787272     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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