The NASA In-Space Propulsion Technologies (ISPT) Program is heading an effort to develop the capability of solar sails to perform a variety of new space observation and exploration missions. Solar sails can potentially provide low-cost propulsion and operate without the use of propellant, allowing access to non-Keplerian orbits through constant thrust. Solar sails consist of a gossamer structure, a membrane-based, large, lightweight structure. The primary objective of the sail is to convert solar pressure into thrust on a spacecraft. This solar pressure is extremely small, on the order of nine Newtons per square kilometer at one AU. Therefore, the fundamental challenge in solar sail design is to create a sail area of significant size, with small enough system mass to achieve reasonable accelerations of the spacecraft.


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    Titel :

    Similarity Rules for Scaling Solar Sail Systems


    Beteiligte:
    S. L. Canfield (Autor:in) / J. W. Beard (Autor:in) / J. Peddieson (Autor:in) / A. Ewing (Autor:in) / G. Garbe (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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