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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-85-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-85-2013
Research article
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19 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2013

Electric solar wind sail mass budget model

P. Janhunen, A. A. Quarta, and G. Mengali

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