Invited article: Electric solar wind sail: Toward test missions

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Janhunen, P ^a   Toivanen, P K ^a   Polkko, J ^a   Merikallio, S ^a   Salminen, P ^b   Haeggstrom E ^c   Seppanen H ^c   Kurppa, R ^a   Ukkonen, J ^c   Kiprich, S ^d   Thornell, G ^e   Kratz, H ^e   Richter, L ^f   Kromer O ^g   Rosta, R ^g   Noorma, M ^h,i   Envall, J ⁱ   Latt S ^h,i   Mengali, G ^j   Quarta, A A ^j   Koivisto, H ^k   Tarvainen, O ^k   Kalvas, T ^k   Kauppinen, J ^k   Nuottajarvi A ^k   Obraztsov, A ^l,m   more..

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SkyTron   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e Ångström Space Technology Center   (Sweden)

^f Utopia Consultancies   (Germany)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^m MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PRESSURES; GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION; ITS EFFICIENCIES; MECHANICAL DESIGN; ORBITAL SIMULATION; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL STRUCTURE; PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; SPACE PROPULSIONS; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; TEST MISSIONS;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TETHERLINES;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 78650294270     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3514548     Document Type: Article

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