Solar sail performance requirements for missions to the outer solar system and beyond

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 11, Issue , 2004, Pages 7345-7353

  Dachwald, Bernd ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES; OUTER PLANETS; SOLAR DISTANCE; SOLAR SAIL;

PLANETS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; TRAJECTORIES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34249006525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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