Electric sail mission analysis for outer solar system exploration

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 740-755

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

CONTINUOUS THRUSTS; HELIOSPHERE BOUNDARY; INTERSTELLAR HELIOPAUSE PROBES; OPTIMAL FRAMEWORKS; OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 77953849493     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.47006     Document Type: Article

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