The author argues that a satellite with solar sails, propelled through space by the force of solar light, could maintain its orbital position indefinitely. He has devised a new geostationary satellite, called sailsat, which does not need to be situated directly over the equator, because a solar sail maintains its orbit away from the equatorial plane. If a sailsat is launched into low Earth orbit then it can solar sail the rest of the way to its operational orbit, with considerable savings in launch costs.


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    Title :

    Satellites ride the solar wind


    Additional title:

    Satelliten mit Sonnensegeln, die durch die Kraft des Sonnenlichtes angetrieben werden


    Contributors:
    Birch, P. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    2 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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