Non-Keplerian orbits for electric sails

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-195

  Mengali, Giovanni ^a   Quarta, Alessandro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Displaced non Keplerian orbit; Electric sail; Solar sail; Trajectory optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350596299     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-009-9200-y     Document Type: Article

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