solar sail propulsion
Technology requirements of exploration beyond Neptune by solar sail propulsion
... the solar gravitational lens at 550 ...a solar sail propulsion system to slowdown a spacecraft within the outer solar system this scientifically notable destination is not considered ...
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Small-body encounters using solar sail propulsion
... of solar sail propulsion due to their high-energy require- ...current solar sail technology, with a large enough sail, that would have resulted in a 68% reduction in trip time ...
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Analytical three-phase transfer to a solar polar orbit using solar sail propulsion
... a solar polar orbit using solar sail propulsion is presented, deriving for the first time the optimal trajectory architecture without the need for engineering assumptions and numerical ...a ...
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Extension of Earth-Moon libration point orbits with solar sail propulsion
... with solar sail propulsion (Macdonald 2014; Macdonald and McInnes 2011; McInnes 1999; Vulpetti 2013; Vulpetti et ...of solar sail- ing was first mentioned nearly a hundred years ago ...
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Scientific mission to a solar polar orbit using solar sail propulsion
... For the 2-phase transfer, it is straightforward to perform a system trade as an analytical, general perturbation solution exists 4 . In the case of the 3-phase transfer, numerically optimized solutions for the 3- phase ...
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A near term pole-sitter using hybrid solar sail propulsion
... hybridize solar sail propulsion and solar electric propulsion (SEP) on the same spacecraft is relatively new [1] and almost completely ...two propulsion systems complement each ...
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Control of Lagrange point orbits using solar sail propulsion
... include solar sail area variation and solar sail pitch and yaw angle ...using solar sails can be used to generate artificial libration points sunwards of L 1 or Earthwards of L 2 ...
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Non-Keplerian orbits using hybrid solar sail propulsion for Earth applications
... of solar sails and SEP, Leipold and Götz 88 proposed a hybridisation of the two systems on the same ...small solar sails will be required, the hybridisation lowers the solar sail AD 2 ...
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Solar sail capture trajectories at Mercury
... of Solar Sail Capture at Mercury Perhaps the most compelling mission utilising solar sail propulsion at Mercury is the recently proposed sample return mission, ...vehicle. Solar ...
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Solar sail science mission applications and advancement : solar sailing: concepts, technology, missions
... square solar sail of order one-hundred and fifty metres per side is required to conduct the SPO mission at an assembly loading of 8 g m -2 and characteristic acceleration ...chemical propulsion could ...
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Hybrid solar sail and SEP propulsion for novel Earth observation missions
... hybrid solar electric propulsion (SEP) and solar sail ...two propulsion systems allows propellant saving over the pure SEP spacecraft, potentially enabling longer missions; at the same ...
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Solar sail mission applications and future advancement
... of solar sailing towards the mid to far-term a requirement exists to backfill these ...near-term solar sail propulsion in a similar way to the GeoSail ...of solar sailing, such that the ...
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Displaced solar sail orbits : dynamics and applications
... use solar sail propulsion to provide station-keeping at periodic orbits about the triangular libration points using small variations in the sail’s ...the sail in the ...
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Displaced solar sail orbits : Dynamics and applications
... use solar sail propulsion to provide station-keeping at periodic orbits about the triangular libration points using small variations in the sail’s ...the sail in the ...
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Analytical, circle-to-circle low-thrust transfer trajectories with plane change
... electric propulsion, solar sail propulsion and combined, or hybrid electric (constant acceleration or thrust) / solar sail ...each propulsion system ...electric ...
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Solar Sails : Technology and demonstration status
... Solar Sail propulsion has been validated in space (IKAROS, 2010) and soon several more solar-sail propelled spacecraft will be ...spacecraft propulsion is not a new ...of ...
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Hybrid solar sail and SEP propulsion for novel Earth observation missions
... hybrid solar electric propulsion (SEP) and solar sail ...two propulsion systems allows propellant saving over the pure SEP spacecraft, potentially enabling longer missions; at the same ...
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Taxonomy and analysis of issues facing post mission disposal concept
... and solar radiation pressure has been studied and it has been shown that the changeover altitude varies depending on the solar intensity, specifically the solar flux ...that solar sailing ...
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Electric solar wind sail mass budget model
... E-sail propulsion system produces a total impulse of about 300 ...high-thrust propulsion system, for example, a chemical rocket with a specific impulse of 300 s burning 100 tonnes (t) of propellant, ...
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Gossamer roadmap technology reference study for a solar polar mission
... for solar sail transfers to high-inclination, circular orbits the trajectory can be divided into multiple phases [3 – 6, 10 – ...derived, solar sail transfer is within 1% of the optimal ...
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