AbstractThe recent findings of exoplanets have renewed interest in exploration missions of extra-solar star systems. In this context the binary star system of Alpha Centauri A/B plays a scientifically important role. The current paper aims at investigating the capture and the transfer trajectories from A to B performed by a stellar-photon sailcraft, which gives the best performance in long duration missions. The mission has been divided into four phases and minimum transfer time trajectories have been obtained by using a direct optimisation approach. Finally, a preliminary analysis in terms of Zero Velocity Curves has been carried out.
A star-photon sailcraft mission in the Alpha Centauri system
Advances in Space Research ; 59 , 9 ; 2389-2397
2017-02-07
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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