Mechanism study of removing space debris with space-based free running laser

Jingsong Wei; Yong Cheng; Mengzhen Zhu; Xia Chen; Xu Liu; Chaoyong Tan; Chaowei Mi

doi:10.3788/IRLA20200198

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