Current Collection Experiment of Bare Electrodynamic Tether Using Sounding Rocket
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1884-0485
DOI: 10.2322/tastj.8.tb_5