Solar sails: Technology and demonstration status

International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-427

  Johnson, Les ^a   Young, Roy ^a   Barnes, Nathan ^b   Friedman, Louis ^c   Lappas, Vaios ^d   McInnes, Colin ^e  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b L'GARDE INC   (United States)

^c Executive Director Emeritus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cubesail; IKAROS; In space propulsion; Lightsail 1; Nanosail D; Solar sail; Sunjammer

Indexed keywords

CUBESAIL; IKAROS; IN-SPACE PROPULSION; LIGHTSAIL-1; NANOSAIL-D; SOLAR SAILS; SUNJAMMER;

NASA; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84872248117     PISSN: 2093274X     EISSN: 20932480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5139/IJASS.2012.13.4.421     Document Type: Review

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