A mathematical model of the solar radiation force and torques, developed for the Mariner 10 Venus/Mercury spacecraft mission, was used for a detailed analysis of the effects of solar light pressure on the Helios spacecraft. Due to the fact that the main body of the Helios spacecraft is a surface of enclosure, inside of which most of the reradiated thermal energy is lost, expressions for the portion of the solar radiation force, produced by the thermal reradiation, had to be given a different form. Hence the need for the derivation of a somewhat different theoretical model for the force acting on the main body of the spacecraft. (Author)


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    Title :

    Solar Radiation Pressure Effects on the Helios Spacecraft


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1976


    Size :

    51 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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