The aim of this paper is to characterize a mission toward a heliocentric linear trajectory (that is, a rectilinear orbit) and to investigate the performance of a solar-sail-based spacecraft to accomplish the transfer phase using an ideal or an optical force model. A similar problem has been recently discussed under simplified assumptions, but new results are now provided with a thorough analysis that uses a three dimensional transfer orbit or a piecewise constant steering law. The paper investigates a complex mission scenario, where the solar sail returns back to Earth after a scientific probe is released along a target linear trajectory.
Optimal Solar Sail Transfer to Linear Trajectories
QUARTA, ALESSANDRO ANTONIO
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;MENGALI, GIOVANNIUltimo
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2013-01-01
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The aim of this paper is to characterize a mission toward a heliocentric linear trajectory (that is, a rectilinear orbit) and to investigate the performance of a solar-sail-based spacecraft to accomplish the transfer phase using an ideal or an optical force model. A similar problem has been recently discussed under simplified assumptions, but new results are now provided with a thorough analysis that uses a three dimensional transfer orbit or a piecewise constant steering law. The paper investigates a complex mission scenario, where the solar sail returns back to Earth after a scientific probe is released along a target linear trajectory.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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