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Electric Solar Wind Sail Propulsion System Development
No full textThe electric solar wind sail (E-sail) was invented in 2006 and has thereafter been developed rapidly. This paper is a progress report of E-sail technical development as it stands in August 2011. We conclude that E-sail development is well underway, no major problems have been encountered so far and a revolutionary level of performance (1 N in nite Isp thrust from 100-200 kg package) seems realistic
The Odin satellite
No full textThe Sub-millimetre and Millimetre Radiometer (SMR) is the main instrument on
the Swedish, Canadian, Finnish and French spacecraft Odin. It consists of a 1.1 metre diameter telescope with
four tuneable heterodyne receivers covering the ranges 486-504 GHz and 541-581 GHz,
and one fixed at 118.75 GHz together with backends that provide spectral resolution from 150 kHz to 1 MHz.
This Letter
describes the Odin radiometer, its operation and performance with the data processing and calibration
described in Paper II
The Odin satellite - I. Radiometer design and test
No full textThe Sub-millimetre and Millimetre Radiometer (SMR) is the main instrument on the Swedish, Canadian, Finnish and French spacecraft Odin. It consists of a 1.1 metre diameter telescope with four tuneable heterodyne receivers covering the ranges 486-504 GHz and 541-581 GHz, and one fixed at 118.75 GHz together with backends that provide spectral resolution from 150 kHz to 1 MHz. This Letter describes the Odin radiometer, its operation and performance with the data processing and calibration described in Paper II
