Rapid solar sail rendezvous missions to asteroid 99942 apophis

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-140

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ORBITS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

CONVENTIONAL PROPULSION; MISSION CONCEPTS; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS; ORBITAL PERIODS; PAY LOAD; SPACE AGENCY; TRANSFER TIME; TRANSFER TRAJECTORY;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 60349123401     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.37141     Document Type: Article

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