Photonic spin control for solar wind electric sail

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-90

  Janhunen, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electric sail; Propellantless space propulsion; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PROPULSION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; CORIOLIS EFFECT; ELECTRIC SAIL; PROPELLANTLESS PROPULSION; RADIATION PRESSURE; SAIL MISSIONS; SPACE PROPULSIONS; SPIN CONTROL;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 84869137354     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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