Multiple rendezvous and sample return missions to near-Earth objects using solar sailcraft

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 59, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages 768-776

  Dachwald, B ^a   Seboldt, W ^a   Richter, L ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EARTH (PLANET); LAUNCHING; PLANETS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS; SOLAR SAILCRAFT;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33746838865     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.061     Document Type: Article

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