Recent advances in solar sail propulsion systems at NASA

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 61, Issue 1-6, 2007, Pages 376-382

  Johnson, Les ^a   Young, Roy M ^a   Montgomery IV, Edward E ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NASA; ORBITS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

IN-SPACE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY (ISPT); SOLAR SAIL PROPULSION (SSP); SOLAR SAILS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34248152593     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.01.047     Document Type: Article

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