Analytic models for a spherical satellite charging in sunlight at any spin rate

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2599-2610

  Tautz, M ^a   Lai, S T ^b  

^a Radex Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33751099304     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2599-2006     Document Type: Article

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