Concepts for a low-cost Mars micro mission

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 59, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages 617-626

  Walker, R J ^a   Ball, A J ^b   Price, M E ^a   Sims, M R ^c   Taylor, F W ^d   Wells, N S ^a   Zarnecki, J C ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; AVIONICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PLANETS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT;

MICRO-MISSION CONCEPTS; MICRO-SATELLITES; PAYLOAD MASS PERFORMANCE; RADIO OCCULTATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33746805016     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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