[HTML][HTML] Design and application of solar sailing: A review on key technologies
Z Pengyuan, WU Chenchen, LI Yangmin - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar sail technology has been proposed and developed for space explorations with
advantages of low launch cost, no-propellant consumption, and continuous thrust, which has …
advantages of low launch cost, no-propellant consumption, and continuous thrust, which has …
[HTML][HTML] Space sails for achieving major space exploration goals: Historical review and future outlook
Abstract Space sails are a continuum of lightweight, thin, large-area, deployable
technologies which are pushing forward new frontiers in space mobility and exploration …
technologies which are pushing forward new frontiers in space mobility and exploration …
Sliding mode control for attitude maneuvers of Helianthus solar sail
The recent successes of demonstration missions based on solar sail technology have paved
the way for designing new mission scenarios with propellantless propulsion systems. In this …
the way for designing new mission scenarios with propellantless propulsion systems. In this …
[HTML][HTML] Structural response of Helianthus solar sail during attitude maneuvers
The Helianthus mission proposal is based on maintaining an artificial L 1-type equilibrium
point in the Sun-Earth gravitational field by means of a square solar sail, which should …
point in the Sun-Earth gravitational field by means of a square solar sail, which should …
Trajectory & maneuver design of the NEA Scout solar sail mission
G Lantoine, A Cox, T Sweetser, D Grebow, G Whiffen… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) mission aimed to deliver a 6U CubeSat
to a slow flyby of a Near Earth Asteroid using a solar sail as the primary propulsion system …
to a slow flyby of a Near Earth Asteroid using a solar sail as the primary propulsion system …
Indirect trajectory optimization via solar sailing primer vector theory: Minimum solar-angle transfers
K Oguri, G Lantoine - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Building upon the recent development of solar sailing primer vector theory and its successful
applications, we propose a new formulation for indirect solar-sail trajectory optimization …
applications, we propose a new formulation for indirect solar-sail trajectory optimization …
[HTML][HTML] Solar sail orbit raising with electro-optically controlled diffractive film
The aim of this paper is to analyze the transfer performance of a spacecraft whose primary
propulsion system is a diffractive solar sail with active, switchable panels. The spacecraft …
propulsion system is a diffractive solar sail with active, switchable panels. The spacecraft …
Collinear artificial equilibrium point maintenance with a wrinkled solar sail
Propellantless propulsion systems allow innovative mission scenarios to be envisaged,
including the generation and the stabilization of artificial equilibrium points in the circular …
including the generation and the stabilization of artificial equilibrium points in the circular …
Solar Sail Transfer Trajectory Design for Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 Rendezvous
The goal of this paper is to analyze the optimal transfer towards the periodic comet
29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 of a solar sail-based spacecraft. This periodic and active …
29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 of a solar sail-based spacecraft. This periodic and active …
Circumnavigating the sun with diffractive solar sails
AL Dubill, GA Swartzlander Jr - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
A solar sail based on the physics of diffracted light provides a means of harnessing opto-
mechanical momentum for in-space propulsion. As an example a heuristic roll maneuver of …
mechanical momentum for in-space propulsion. As an example a heuristic roll maneuver of …