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A Solar Polar Sail Mission: Report of a Study to Put a Scientific Spacecraft in a Circular Polar Orbit about the Sun

A Solar Polar Sail Mission: Report of a Study to Put a Scientific Spacecraft in a Circular Polar Orbit about the Sun

Goldstein, B.; Buffington, A.; Cummings, A. C.; Fisher, R.; Jackson, B. V.; Liewer, P. C.; Mewaldt, R. A.; Neugebauer, M.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/22503
Date: 1998-07-19
Citation: MTG: SPIE International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Abstract:

The Solar Polar Sail Mission uses solar-sail propulsion to place a spacecraft in a circular orbit 0.48 AU from the Sun with an inclination of 90 °.

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