Worlds first solar power sail demonstration flight in interplanetary cruise in 2010

International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1658-1664

  Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro ^a   Mori, Osamu ^a   Tsuda, Yuichi ^a   Yamamoto, Takayuki ^a   Funase, Ryu ^a   Sawada, Hirotaka ^a   Kawakatsu, Yasuhiro ^a   Morimoto, Mutsuko ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; INTERPLANETARY CRUISE; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY; PLANET-C; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR SAILS;

CENTRIFUGATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SPACE RESEARCH;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 77950479106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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