Realistic Solar Sail Thrust

Campbell, B. A.; Thomas, Stephanie

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_27

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“…However, as is thoroughly discussed in Ref. [9], when a more realistic reflection model is used [15,16,17,18], as it happens for the optical force model [11], the optimal control law cannot be obtained in a completely analytical form. Even though the approach described in Ref.…”

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Analytical solution of the optimal steering law for non-ideal solar sail

Niccolai

Quarta

Mengali

2017

Aerospace Science and Technology

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Analytical solution of the optimal steering law for non-ideal solar sail

Niccolai

Quarta

Mengali

2017

Aerospace Science and Technology

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“…Note that longitude angle, θ, increases by 29.12° over one period for each orbit, consistent with the motion of the Earth–Moon system about the Sun over 1 month. The continuous profile associated with the red–orange orbit developed in the CR3B regime exhibits the greatest complexity in that its pitch angle may not be achievable with a realistic solar sail model 16–18 and that its attitude rates are higher than those from the other reference orbits. 15 However, it is included to demonstrate the control schemes.…”

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Look-ahead flight path control for solar sail spacecraft

Wawrzyniak

Howell

2012

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G:

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Recent investigations of trajectory options that incorporate solar sails have been motivated by missions to observe planetary poles or to communicate with an outpost at the lunar south pole. Designing reference trajectories and understanding their fundamental dynamics are the necessary first steps toward flying spacecraft in dynamically complicated regimes. However, the existence of a reference orbit alone is insufficient for flight operations. Two variations of a turn-and-hold strategy are examined for flight-path control: an approach that implements multiple turns to achieve a target in an error-free scenario and an approach that incorporates a look-ahead strategy to accommodate representative errors.

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“…[35], this paper also analyzes the rapid transfer trajectory from Earth to an assigned Mars-based DNKO as a function of typical solar sail performance characteristics, which are selected consistently with the propulsive requirements necessary for maintaining the target DNKO. In particular, the mission scenario is studied by neglecting the uncertainties related to both the solar sail optical parameters and the solar irradiance fluctuations [36][37][38].…”

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Solar Sail-Based Mars-Synchronous Displaced Orbits for Remote Sensing Applications

Bassetto,

Quarta

2024

Applied Sciences

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A solar sail is a propellantless propulsion system that allows a spacecraft to use solar radiation pressure as a propulsive source for planetary and deep space missions that would be difficult, or even unfeasible, to accomplish with more conventional thrusters, either chemical or electric. A challenging application for these fascinating propulsion systems is a heliocentric mission that requires a displaced non-Keplerian orbit (DNKO), that is, a solar sail-induced closed trajectory in which the orbital plane does not contain the Sun’s center of mass. In fact, thanks to the pioneering work of McInnes, it is known that a solar sail is able to reach and maintain a family of heliocentric DNKOs of given characteristics. The aim of this paper is to analyze the properties of Mars-synchronous circular DNKOs, which have an orbital period matching that of the planet for remote sensing applications. In fact, those specific displaced orbits allow a scientific probe to continuously observe the high-latitude regions of Mars from a quasi-stationary position relative to the planet. In this context, this paper also analyzes the optimal (i.e., the minimum-time) heliocentric transfer trajectory from the Earth to circular DNKOs in two special mission scenarios taken as a reference.

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Realistic Solar Sail Thrust

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Analytical solution of the optimal steering law for non-ideal solar sail

Analytical solution of the optimal steering law for non-ideal solar sail

Look-ahead flight path control for solar sail spacecraft

Solar Sail-Based Mars-Synchronous Displaced Orbits for Remote Sensing Applications

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