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Electrostatic Plasma Brake for Deorbiting a Satellite

Pekka Janhunen

Pekka Janhunen

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FIN-00101, Helsinki, Finland

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Published Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.47537

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