Places Only Solar Sails Can Go

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Montgomery ◽  
Andrew Heaton ◽  
Gregory Garbe
Keyword(s):  
Solar Sails

Observations of the occultations of stars by solar sails

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-185
Author(s):  
E. Moskalenko ◽  
E. Trunkovsky
Keyword(s):  
Solar Sails

Conceptual Design of an Experiment for the International Space Station About Shape Memory Composite in Space Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loredana Santo ◽  
Denise Bellisario ◽  
Giovanni Matteo Tedde ◽  
Fabrizio Quadrini
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory ◽  
International Space Station ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Sun Exposure ◽  
Aging Effect ◽  
Space Environment ◽  
Aging Effects ◽  
Solar Sails ◽  
International Space ◽  
Shape Memory Composite

Shape memory polymers (SMP) and composites (SMPC) may be used for many applications in Space, from self-deployable structures (such as solar sails, panels, shields, booms and antennas), to grabbing systems for Space debris removal, up to new-concept actuators for telescope mirror tuning. Experiments on the International Space Station are necessary for testing prototypes in relevant environment, above all for the absence of gravity which affects deployment of slender structures but also to evaluate the aging effects of the Space environment. In fact, several aging mechanisms are possible, from polymer cracking to cross-linking and erosion, and different behaviors are expected as well, from consolidating the temporary shape to composite degradation. Evaluating the possibility of shape recovery because of sun exposure is another interesting point. In this study, a possible experiment on the ISS is shown with the aim of evaluating the aging effect of Space on material performances. The sample structure is described as well as the testing strategy.

Optimal Control Laws for Axially Symmetric Solar Sails

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1130-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Mengali ◽  
Alessandro A. Quarta
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Solar Sails ◽  
Control Laws

scholarly journals Bound orbits of solar sails and general relativity

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 346-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Ya. Kezerashvili ◽  
Justin F. Vázquez-Poritz
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Solar Sails ◽  
Bound Orbits

Material Systems for Solar Sails

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakov Belopolsky
Keyword(s):  
Solar Sails ◽  
Material Systems

Orbital Dynamics of Solar Sails for Geomagnetic Tail Exploration

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teppei Oyama ◽  
Hiroshi Yamakawa ◽  
Yoshiharu Omura
Keyword(s):  
Orbital Dynamics ◽  
Solar Sails ◽  
Geomagnetic Tail
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