Although the concept of solar/laser sailing (referred to hereafter as light sailing) is not new, there are many systems engineering and integration issues that must be addressed before a successful light sailing mission can be conducted. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of some of these important aspects. The effects of incident light pressure angle and a detailed description of the “billowing” sail effect on guidance are addressed. An irradiance model for determining a vectorized delta- v is used for this analysis. Relativistic effects are also considered. Preliminary diffraction analyses of various very large optical components and suggestions for realizable systems are presented.


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    Title :

    Preliminary analysis of light sail systems engineering concepts


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 2001 ; 2001 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 552 , 1 ; 599-605


    Publication date :

    2001-02-02


    Size :

    7 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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