Solar sail capture trajectories at mercury

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Macdonald, Malcolm ^a   McInnes, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; ORBITS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

CATASTROPHIC COLLISIONS; CONVENTIONAL PROPULSION; LOWER LIMITS; ORBITAL ELEMENT; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; SAMPLE RETURN;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 85080029910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4990     Document Type: Conference Paper

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