Abstract The aim of this paper is to quantify the performance of an Electric Solar Wind Sail for accomplishing flyby missions toward one of the two orbital nodes of a near-Earth asteroid. Assuming a simplified, two-dimensional mission scenario, a preliminary mission analysis has been conducted involving the whole known population of those asteroids at the beginning of the 2013 year. The analysis of each mission scenario has been performed within an optimal framework, by calculating the minimum-time trajectory required to reach each orbital node of the target asteroid. A considerable amount of simulation data have been collected, using the spacecraft characteristic acceleration as a parameter to quantify the Electric Solar Wind Sail propulsive performance. The minimum time trajectory exhibits a different structure, which may or may not include a solar wind assist maneuver, depending both on the Sun-node distance and the value of the spacecraft characteristic acceleration. Simulations show that over 60% of near-Earth asteroids can be reached with a total mission time less than 100days, whereas the entire population can be reached in less than 10months with a spacecraft characteristic acceleration of 1mm/s2.

    Highlights Nodal flyby missions toward NEAs have been studied for an electric solar wind sail. About 19,000 optimal trajectories have been analyzed. The generic optimal trajectory may or may not include a solar wind assist phase. Over 60% of NEAs population can be reached with a flight time less than 100days.


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    Titel :

    Optimal nodal flyby with near-Earth asteroids using electric sail


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 104 , 2 ; 450-457


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-02-13


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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