Minimagnetospheric plasma propulsion for outer planet missions

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1239-1242

  Mengali, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Quarta, Alessandro A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Italy)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; SPACE RESEARCH; VECTORS;

CONTROL VARIABLES; INTERPLANETARY RENDEZVOUS MISSIONS; MINIMAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA PROPULSION; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 33749613800     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.21634     Document Type: Article

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