Solar sails can be classified into two groups based on their method of stabilization: 1) truss supported, and 2) centrifugally (spin) supported. The truss configuration requires masts or booms to deploy, support, and rigidize the sails whereas the spin type uses the spacecraft’s centrifugal force to deploy and stabilize the sails. The truss-supported type sail has a scaling limitation because as the sail area gets larger, the sail is increasingly more difficult to make and stow: the masts and booms get heavier, occupying more volume, and have increased risk during deployment. This major disadvantage limits the size of the sail area. The spin type comes in two configurations: 1) spinning square/disk sail and 2) heliogyro sail. This spinning square/disk sail architecture suffers the same sail area limitation as the truss-supported sail.


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    Title :

    Steering Concept of a 2-Blade Heliogyro Solar Sail Spacecraft


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Symposium on Solar Sailing ; 2017 ; Kyoto, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-01-17


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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