Electric Sail Test Cube–Lunar Nanospacecraft, ESTCube-LuNa: Solar Wind Propulsion Demonstration Mission Concept by Slavinskis, Andris, Palos, Mario F., Dalbins, Janis, Janhunen, Pekka, Tajmar, Martin, Ivchenko, Nickolay, Rohtsalu, Agnes, Micciani, Aldo, Orsini, Nicola, Moor, Karl Mattias, Kuzmin, Sergei, Bleiders, Marcis, Donerblics, Marcis, Ofodile, Ikechukwu, Kütt, Johan, Eenmäe, Tõnis, Allik, Viljo, Viru, Jaan, Halapuu, Pätris, Kristmann, Katriin, Sate, Janis, Briede, Endija, Anger, Marius, Aas, Katarina, Plonis, Gustavs, Teras, Hans, Allaje, Kristo, Vaivads, Andris, Niccolai, Lorenzo, Bassetto, Marco, Mengali, Giovanni, Toivanen, Petri, Iakubivskyi, Iaroslav, Pajusalu, Mihkel, Tamm, Antti

“…Electron emitters are required to compensate for the electron current gathered by the tether. The electric sail can also be utilised in low Earth orbit, or LEO, when passing through the ionosphere, where it serves as a plasma brake for deorbiting—several missions have been dedicated to LEO demonstration. …”
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