Fast Solar Sailing Astrodynamics of Special Sailcraft Trajectories /

The range of solar sailing is very vast; it is a fully in-space means of propellantless propulsion that should allow us to accomplish various mission classes that are unviable using near or medium-term rocket propulsion, no matter if nuclear or electric. Fast and very fast solar sailings are special...

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Main Author: Vulpetti, Giovanni. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Space Technology Library ; 30
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4777-7