Solar sailing : technology, dynamics, and mission applications /

Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynami...

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Main Author:	McInnes, Colin Robert, 1968-
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Springer, [1999]
Series:	Springer-Praxis series in space science and technology.
Subjects:	Solar sails. Orbital dynamics. Astronautique. Orbites. Voile solaire. Orbite. Dynamique. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book