An 'entry level' mission to a near Earth object

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 59, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages 845-857

  Phipps, Andy ^a   Meerman, Max ^a   Wilhelm, James ^a   Gibbon, Dave ^a   Northam, James ^a   da Silva Curiel, Alex ^a   Ward, Jeff ^a   Sweeting, Martin ^a  

^a SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS; PLANETS; PROBABILITY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) TECHNOLOGY; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS (NEO);

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33746819176     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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