Developments and activities in solar sail propulsion

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Garner, Charles ^a   Leipold, Manfred ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; PROPULSION; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SAILS;

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTERS; MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; SOLAR SAIL MISSIONS; SOLAR SAIL PROPULSION; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84896470162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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