The Swedish small satellite program for space plasma investigations

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 377-413

  Marklund, Göran ^a   André, Mats ^b   Lundin, Rickard ^b   Grahn, Sven ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; ELECTRIC FIELD; IMAGING; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND;

EID: 3442891312     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SPAC.0000032690.82775.d8     Document Type: Review

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