Electrostatic Plasma Sail (EPS)

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Omidi, N ^a   Karimabadi, H ^a  

^a SciberNet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND;

CHARGE-TO-MASS RATIOS; FLOW SPEED; HELIOSPHERES; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; MACROSCOPIC OBJECTS; MOTIONAL ELECTRIC FIELD; OUTER BOUNDS; PLASMA SAIL;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 85085403009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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