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Electric solar wind sail mass budget model
P. Janhunen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
A. A. Quarta
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
G. Mengali
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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