E-Sail Option for Plunging a Spacecraft into the Sun’s Atmosphere
A close observation of the near-Sun region, with in situ measurements, requires that a scientific probe be placed in a heliocentric orbit with a perihelion distance on the order of a few solar radii only. This is the solution adopted by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP), whose mission design uses a very...
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MDPI AG
2023-04-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/4/340 |