Near-Optimal Solar-Sail Orbit-Raising from Low Earth Orbit

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 954-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Mengali ◽  
Alessandro A. Quarta
Keyword(s):  
Solar Sail ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit

Thermally Induced Dynamic Response of a Stripped Solar Sail in Low Earth Orbit

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhui Zhang ◽  
Na Wu ◽  
An Tong ◽  
Yinghua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Solar Sail ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit ◽  
Thermally Induced

Attitude Control of a Flexible Solar Sail in Low Earth Orbit

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1715-1730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Firuzi ◽  
Shengping Gong
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Control ◽  
Solar Sail ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit

The Holographic Solar Photon Thruster (SPT) : A Low-Earth Orbit Solar Sail

Solar Energy ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Matloff
Keyword(s):  
Solar Sail ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Back Pressure ◽  
Orbital Energy ◽  
Earth Orbit ◽  
Atmospheric Drag ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Solar Sails ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Fixed Orientation

Atmospheric drag limits most solar sails to altitudes>1000 km. A two-sail variant, the Solar-Photon Thruster (SPT) , could be used in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). An SPT has a fixed-orientation collector sail that focuses light against a smaller, adjustable thruster sail. Maintaining the collector surface parallel to the Earth minimizes SPT drag in LEO. To minimize solar-radiation back pressure towards Earth, the upper collector surface is non-reflective. The reflective lower collector surface directs light reflected and reradiated from the Earth against the thruster. Thruster orientation is adjusted in LEO to increase the orbital energy by the net radiation-pressure. Experiments reveal that holograms are tolerant to solar-wind radiation. SPTs with white-light holographic thrusters are useful in LEO because small thruster rotations produce greatly altered reflectivity. It may be possible to holographically combine SPT collector and thruster.

A three-dimensional wake model for low earth orbit

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. KATZ ◽  
D. COOKE ◽  
D. PARKS ◽  
M. MANDELL ◽  
A. RUBIN
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit ◽  
Wake Model
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