Trajectories applicable to laser‐propelled space vehicles with a laser station in low‐Earth orbit are investigated. Laser vehicles are initially located in the vicinity of the Earth‐orbiting laser station in low‐earth orbit at an altitude of several hundreds kilometers, and are accelerated by laser beaming from the laser station. The laser‐propelled vehicles start from low‐earth orbit and finally escape from the Earth gravity well, enabling interplanetary trajectories and planetary exploration.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Orbital Dynamics of Low‐Earth Orbit Laser‐Propelled Space Vehicles


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: Fifth International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion ; 2007 ; Kailua‐Kona (Hawaii)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 997 , 1 ; 316-324


    Publication date :

    2008-04-28


    Size :

    9 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Orbital Dynamics of Low-earth Orbit Laser-propelled Space Vehicles

    Yamakawa, H. / Funaki, I. / Komurasaki, K. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2008


    Hypersonic Inlet Research for Earth-to-Orbit Vehicles Propelled by Laser Beams

    Froning, David / Harrland, Alan / Dooland, Con | AIAA | 2011


    Preliminary Trajectory Design of Laser-Propelled Space Vehicles

    Yamakawa, H. / Funaki, I. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006


    Orbital simulations of laser-propelled spacecraft

    Zhang, Qicheng / Lubin, Philip M. / Hughes, Gary B. et al. | SPIE | 2015


    Removing orbital space debris from near earth orbit

    DARGIN III JOHN FRANCIS | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access