Electric solar wind sail mass budget model
The electric solar wind sail (E-sail) is a new type of propellantless propulsion system for Solar System transportation, which uses the natural solar wind to produce spacecraft propulsion. The E-sail consists of thin centrifugally stretched tethers that are kept charged by an onboard electron gun an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems |
| Online Access: | http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/2/85/2013/gi-2-85-2013.pdf |