TY  - CHAP
A1  - Baader, Fabian
A1  - Reiswich, M.
A1  - Bartsch, M.
A1  - Keller, D.
A1  - Tiede, E.
A1  - Keck, G.
A1  - Demircian, A.
A1  - Friedrich, M.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Schüller, K.
A1  - Lehmann, R.
A1  - Chojetzki, R.
A1  - Durand, C.
A1  - Rapp, L.
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Förstner, R.
T1  - VIPER - Student research on extraterrestrical ice penetration technology
T2  - Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Space Educational Activities
N2  - Recent analysis of scientific data from Cassini and earth-based observations gave evidence for a global ocean under a surrounding solid ice shell on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Images of Enceladus' South Pole showed several fissures in the ice shell with plumes constantly exhausting frozen water particles, building up the E-Ring, one of the outer rings of Saturn. In this southern region of Enceladus, the ice shell is considered to be as thin as 2 km, about an order of magnitude thinner than on the rest of the moon. Under the ice shell, there is a global ocean consisting of liquid water. Scientists are discussing different approaches the possibilities of taking samples of water, i.e. by melting through the ice using a melting probe. FH Aachen UAS developed a prototype of maneuverable melting probe which can navigate through the ice that has already been tested successfully in a terrestrial environment. This means no atmosphere and or ambient pressure, low ice temperatures of around 100 to 150K (near the South Pole) and a very low gravity of 0,114 m/s^2 or 1100 μg. Two of these influencing measures are about to be investigated at FH Aachen UAS in 2017, low ice temperature and low ambient pressure below the triple point of water. Low gravity cannot be easily simulated inside a large experiment chamber, though. Numerical simulations of the melting process at RWTH Aachen however are showing a gravity dependence of melting behavior. Considering this aspect, VIPER provides a link between large-scale experimental simulations at FH Aachen UAS and numerical simulations at RWTH Aachen. To analyze the melting process, about 90 seconds of experiment time in reduced gravity and low ambient pressure is provided by the REXUS rocket. In this time frame, the melting speed and contact force between ice and probes are measured, as well as heating power and a two-dimensional array of ice temperatures. Additionally, visual and infrared cameras are used to observe the melting process.
Y1  - 2018
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Verwendung eines neuronalen Reglers und evolutionärer Algorithmen zur Berechnung optimaler interplanetarer Sonnenseglerbahnen
JF  - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2003 : München, 17. bis 20. November 2003, Motto: 100 Jahre Motorflug - 112 Jahre Menschenflug: Visionen gestalten Zukunft / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR). [Red.: Peter Brandt (verantwortlich)]. - Bd. 1. - (Jahrbuch ... der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt)
Y1  - 2003
N1  - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrt-Kongreß <2003, München> ; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth ; DGLR-2002-089
SP  - 211
EP  - 218
CY  - Bonn
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - German, Laura
A1  - Mikucki, Jill A.
A1  - Welch, Susan A.
A1  - Welch, Kathleen A.
A1  - Lutton, Anthony
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Heinen, Dirk
A1  - Feldmann, Marco
A1  - Francke, Gero
A1  - Espe, Clemens
A1  - Lyons, W. Berry
T1  - Validation of sampling antarctic subglacial hypersaline waters with an electrothermal ice melting probe (IceMole) for environmental analytical geochemistry
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
N2  - Geochemical characterisation of hypersaline waters is difficult as high concentrations of salts hinder the analysis of constituents at low concentrations, such as trace metals, and the collection of samples for trace metal analysis in natural waters can be easily contaminated. This is particularly the case if samples are collected by non-conventional techniques such as those required for aquatic subglacial environments. In this paper we present the first analysis of a subglacial brine from Taylor Valley, (~ 78°S), Antarctica for the trace metals: Ba, Co, Mo, Rb, Sr, V, and U. Samples were collected englacially using an electrothermal melting probe called the IceMole. This probe uses differential heating of a copper head as well as the probe’s sidewalls and an ice screw at the melting head to move through glacier ice. Detailed blanks, meltwater, and subglacial brine samples were collected to evaluate the impact of the IceMole and the borehole pump, the melting and collection process, filtration, and storage on the geochemistry of the samples collected by this device. Comparisons between melt water profiles through the glacier ice and blank analysis, with published studies on ice geochemistry, suggest the potential for minor contributions of some species Rb, As, Co, Mn, Ni, NH4+, and NO2−+NO3− from the IceMole. The ability to conduct detailed chemical analyses of subglacial fluids collected with melting probes is critical for the future exploration of the hundreds of deep subglacial lakes in Antarctica.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2019.1704750
SN  - 0306-7319
VL  - 101
IS  - 15
SP  - 2654
EP  - 2667
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Jean-Pierre P., de Vera
A1  - Baque, Mickael
A1  - Billi, Daniela
A1  - Böttger, Ute
A1  - Bulat, Sergey
A1  - Czupalla, Markus
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - de la Torre, Rosa
A1  - Elsaesser, Andreas
A1  - Foucher, Frédéric
A1  - Korsitzky, Hartmut
A1  - Kozyrovska, Natalia
A1  - Läufer, Andreas
A1  - Moeller, Ralf
A1  - Olsson-Francis, Karen
A1  - Onofri, Silvano
A1  - Sommer, Stefan
A1  - Wagner, Dirk
A1  - Westall, Frances
T1  - The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures
T2  - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
N2  - The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to find remnants of life (fossils of extinct life) on Mars because of its past short time window of the surface habitability, it is probably more likely to find traces of extant life on the icy moons and ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn. Nevertheless, even on Mars there could still be a chance to find extant life in niches near to the surface or in just discovered subglacial lakes beneath the South Pole ice cap. Here, the different approaches for the detection of traces of life in the form of biosignatures including pre-biotic molecules will be presented. We will outline the required infrastructure for this enterprise and give examples of future mission concepts to investigate the presence of life on other planets and moons. Finally, we will provide suggestions on methods, techniques, operations and strategies for preparation and realization of future life detection missions.
KW  - life detection
KW  - Mars
KW  - icy moons
KW  - habitability
KW  - space missions
Y1  - 2018
N1  - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018.
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Duprat, J.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Hilchenbach, M.
A1  - Engrand, Cecile
A1  - Espe, C.
A1  - Feldmann, M.
A1  - Francke, G.
A1  - Görög, Mark
A1  - Lüsing, N.
A1  - Langenhorst, Falko
T1  - The MARVIN project: a micrometeorite harvester in Antarctic snow
T2  - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
N2  - MARVIN is an automated drilling and melting probe dedicated to collect pristine interplanetary dust particles (micrometeorites) from central Antarctica snow.
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 18-22, 2013, The Woodlands, Texas
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lyons, W. Berry
A1  - Mikucki, Jill A.
A1  - German, Laura A.
A1  - Welch, Kathleen A.
A1  - Welch, Susan A.
A1  - Gardener, Christopher B.
A1  - Tulaczyk, Slawek M.
A1  - Pettit, Erin C.
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - The Geochemistry of Englacial Brine from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
JF  - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004411
SN  - 2169-8961
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Temperature increase on folded solar sail membranes
JF  - Advances in Space Research
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.09.026
SN  - 0273-1177
VL  - 67
IS  - 9
SP  - 2688
EP  - 2695
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Kahle, Ralph
A1  - Koch, Aaron Dexter
A1  - Krause, Christian
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
T1  - Spacecraft for Hypervelocity Impact Research – An Overview of Capabilities, Constraints and the Challenges of Getting There
JF  - Procedia Engineering
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.04.021
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - Proceedings of the 2015 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium (HVIS 2015)
VL  - Vol. 103
SP  - 151
EP  - 158
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Konstantinidis, K.
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Martinez, C. F.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ewerhart, D.
A1  - Förstner, R.
T1  - Some necessary technologies for in-situ astrobiology on enceladus
T2  - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-151081893-4
N1  - 6th International Astronautical Congress 2015: Space - The Gateway for Mankind's Future, IAC 2015; Jerusalem; Israel; 12 October 2015 through 16 October 2015
SP  - 1354
EP  - 1372
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar-Sailing Trajectory Design for Close-up NEA Observations Mission
T2  - 4th IAA Planetary Defense Conference - PDC 2015, 13-17 April 2015, Frascati, Roma, Italy
Y1  - 2015
N1  - IAA-PDC-15-P-19
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar-sail trajectory design for a multiple near-earth-asteroid rendezvous mission
JF  - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
N2  - The scientific interest for near-Earth asteroids as well as the interest in potentially hazardous asteroids from the perspective of planetary defense led the space community to focus on near-Earth asteroid mission studies. A multiple near-Earth asteroid rendezvous mission with close-up observations of several objects can help to improve the characterization of these asteroids. This work explores the design of a solar-sail spacecraft for such a mission, focusing on the search of possible sequences of encounters and the trajectory optimization. This is done in two sequential steps: a sequence search by means of a simplified trajectory model and a set of heuristic rules based on astrodynamics, and a subsequent optimization phase. A shape-based approach for solar sailing has been developed and is used for the first phase. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through a fully optimized multiple near-Earth asteroid rendezvous mission. The results show that it is possible to visit five near-Earth asteroids within 10 years with near-term solar-sail technology.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.G000470
SN  - 0731-5090
VL  - 39
IS  - 12
SP  - 2712
EP  - 2724
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, W.
T1  - Solar Sails — Propellantless Propulsion for Near- and Medium-Term Deep-Space Missions  / W. Seboldt ; B. Dachwald
JF  - Advanced Propulsion Systems and Technologies, Today to 2020 / Claudio Bruno (ed.) ... - (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series ; 223)
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-1-56347-929-8
N1  - ISBN 10: 1-56347-929-X  ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <New York, NY>
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Bauer, Wlademar
A1  - Borchers, Kai
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Ho, Tra-Mi
A1  - Jahnke, Rico
A1  - Koch, Aaron D.
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Maiwald, Volker
A1  - Meß, Jan-Gerd
A1  - Mikulz, Eugen
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Reershemius, Siebo
A1  - Renger, Thomas
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Sznajder, Maciej
A1  - Toth, Norbert
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - McInnes, Colin
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Krause, Christian
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Hercik, David
A1  - Lichtenheldt, Roy
A1  - Wolff, Friederike
A1  - Koncz, Alexander
A1  - Pelivan, Ivanka
A1  - Schmitz, Nicole
A1  - Boden, Ralf
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
A1  - Ziach, Christian
A1  - Mikschl, Tobias
A1  - Montenegro, Sergio
A1  - Ruffer, Michael
A1  - Cordero, Federico
A1  - Tardivel, Simon
T1  - Solar sails for planetary defense & high-energy missions
T2  - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
N2  - 20 years after the successful ground deployment test of a (20 m) 2 solar sail at DLR Cologne, and in the light of the upcoming U.S. NEAscout mission, we provide an overview of the progress made since in our mission and hardware design studies as well as the hardware built in the course of our solar sail technology development. We outline the most likely and most efficient routes to develop solar sails for useful missions in science and applications, based on our developed `now-term' and near-term hardware as well as the many practical and managerial lessons learned from the DLR-ESTEC Gossamer Roadmap. Mission types directly applicable to planetary defense include single and Multiple NEA Rendezvous ((M)NR) for precursor, monitoring and follow-up scenarios as well as sail-propelled head-on retrograde kinetic impactors (RKI) for mitigation. Other mission types such as the Displaced L1 (DL1) space weather advance warning and monitoring or Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO) types demonstrate the capability of near-term solar sails to achieve asteroid rendezvous in any kind of orbit, from Earth-coorbital to extremely inclined and even retrograde orbits. Some of these mission types such as SPO, (M)NR and RKI include separable payloads. For one-way access to the asteroid surface, nanolanders like MASCOT are an ideal match for solar sails in micro-spacecraft format, i.e. in launch configurations compatible with ESPA and ASAP secondary payload platforms. Larger landers similar to the JAXA-DLR study of a Jupiter Trojan asteroid lander for the OKEANOS mission can shuttle from the sail to the asteroids visited and enable multiple NEA sample-return missions. The high impact velocities and re-try capability achieved by the RKI mission type on a final orbit identical to the target asteroid's but retrograde to its motion enables small spacecraft size impactors to carry sufficient kinetic energy for deflection.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2019.8741900
N1  - AERO 2019; Big Sky; United States; 2 March 2019 through 9 March 2019
SP  - 1
EP  - 21
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar sails for near-term advanced scientific deep space missions
T2  - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion
N2  - Solar sails are propelled in space by reflecting solar photons off large mirroring surfaces, thereby transforming the momentum of the photons into a propulsive force. This innovative concept for low-thrust space propulsion works without any propellant and thus provides a wide range of opportunities for highenergy low-cost missions. Offering an efficient way of propulsion, solar sailcraft could close a gap in transportation options for highly demanding exploration missions within our solar system and even beyond. On December 17th, 1999, a significant step was made towards the realization of this technology: a lightweight solar sail structure with an area of 20 m × 20 m was successfully deployed on ground in a large facility at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at Cologne. The deployment from a package of 60 cm × 60 cm × 65 cm with a total mass of less than 35 kg was achieved using four extremely light-weight carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) booms with a specific mass of 100 g/m. The paper briefly reviews the basic principles of solar sails as well as the technical concept and its realization in the ground demonstration experiment, performed in close cooperation between DLR and ESA. Next possible steps are outlined. They could comprise the in-orbit demonstration of the sail deployment on the upper stage of a low-cost rocket and the verification of the propulsion concept by an autonomous and free flying solar sail in the frame of a scientific mission. It is expected that the present design could be extended to sail sizes of about (40 m)2  up to even (70 m)2 without significant mass penalty. With these areas, the maximum achievable thrust at 1 AU would range between 10 and 40 mN – comparable to some electric thrusters. Such prototype sails with a mass between 50 and 150 kg plus a micro-spacecraft of 50 to 250 kg would have a maximum acceleration in the order of 0.1 mm/s2 at 1 AU, corresponding to a maximum ∆V-capability of about 3 km/s per year. Two near/medium-term mission examples to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) will be discussed: a rendezvous mission
and a sample return mission.
KW  - solar sail
KW  - low-thrust
KW  - near-Earth asteroid
KW  - sample return
KW  - solar system
Y1  - 2003
N1  - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion. Pozzuoli, Italy, 16 - 21 June 2002.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, W.
T1  - Solar Sails for Near- and Medium-Term Scientific Deep Space Missions / W. Sebolt ; B. Dachwald
JF  - In-space propulsion : edited book of proceedings of the 10-IWCP, the 10th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion held in Lerici, La Spezia, Italy, 21-25 September 2003 / [ed.: Luigi T. DeLuca]
Y1  - 2005
N1  - Paper 31 ; International workshop on combustion and propulsion <10, 2003, Lerici>
PB  - SP Lab, Politecnico di Milano
CY  - Milano
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Kahle, Ralph
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar Sailing Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) Mission Design Tradeoffs for Impacting and Deflecting Asteroid 99942 Apophis
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference & Exhibit - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit : [21 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [11.]2006,19-20 )
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 1-56347-802-1
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; American Astronautical Society ; AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit <2006,  Keystone, Colo.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6178
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
T1  - Solar sailcraft of the first generation technology development / Seboldt, Wolfgang ; Dachwald, Bernd
Y1  - 2003
N1  - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September - 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-S.03
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
T1  - Solar sailcraft of the first generation mission applications to near-earth asteroids
Y1  - 2003
N1  - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September - 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-Q.5.06
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ohndorf, A.
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar Sail Trajectory Optimization for the Solar Polar Imager (SPI) Mission
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference & Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference & Exhibit - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit : [21 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [11.]2006,19-20 )
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 1-56347-802-1
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; American Astronautical Society ; AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference & Exhibit <2006,  Keystone, Colo.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6177
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar Sail Trajectory Optimization for Intercepting, Impacting, and Deflecting Near-Earth Asteroids
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit : [San Francisco, California, 15 - 18 August 2005 ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [10.]2005,16-17)
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 1-56347-765-3
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit <2005, San Francisco, Calif.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6176
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, W.
A1  - Lämmerzahl, W.
T1  - Solar Sail Propulsion: An Enabling Technology for Fundamental Physics Missions
JF  - Lasers, Clocks and Drag Free Control : Exploration of Relativistic Gravity in Space / by Hansjörg Dittus ..., eds. - ( Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 349)
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-3-540-34376-9
SP  - 379
EP  - 398
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin [u.a.]
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar sail performance requirements for missions to the outer solar system and beyond
T2  - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004
N2  - Solar sails enable missions to the outer solar system and beyond, although the solar
radiation pressure decreases with the square of solar distance. For such missions, the solar sail may gain a large amount of energy by first making one or more close approaches to the sun. Within this paper, optimal trajectories for solar sail missions to the outer planets and into near interstellar space (200 AU) are presented. Thereby, it is shown that even near/medium-term solar sails with relatively moderate performance allow reasonable transfer times to the boundaries of the solar system.
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.IAC-04-S.P.11
N1  - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004 - Vancouver, Canada
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Wi, Bong
T1  - Solar Sail Kinetic Energy Impactor Trajectory Optimization for an Asteroid-Deflection Mission
JF  - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 44 (2007), H. 4
Y1  - 2007
SN  - 0022-4650
N1  - 2. ISSN: 1533-6794
SP  - 755
EP  - 764
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Kahle, Ralph
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Solar sail Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) mission design tradeoffs for impacting and deflecting asteroid 99942 Apophis
T2  - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit
N2  - Near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis provides a typical example for the evolution of asteroid orbits that lead to Earth-impacts after a close Earth-encounter that results in a resonant return. Apophis will have a close Earth-encounter in 2029 with potential very close subsequent Earth-encounters (or even an impact) in 2036 or later, depending on whether it passes through one of several so-called gravitational keyholes during its 2029-encounter. Several pre-2029-deflection scenarios to prevent Apophis from doing this have been investigated so far. Because the keyholes are less than 1 km in size, a pre-2029 kinetic impact is clearly the best option because it requires only a small change in Apophis' orbit to nudge it out of a keyhole. A single solar sail Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) spacecraft that impacts Apophis from a retrograde trajectory with a very high relative velocity (75-80 km/s) during one of its perihelion passages at about 0.75 AU would be a feasible option to do this. The spacecraft consists of a 160 m x 160 m, 168 kg solar sail assembly and a 150 kg impactor. Although conventional spacecraft can also achieve the required minimum deflection of 1 km for this approx. 320 m-sized object from a prograde trajectory, our solar sail KEI concept also allows the deflection of larger objects. In this paper, we also show that, even after Apophis has flown through one of the gravitational keyholes in 2029, solar sail Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) spacecraft are still a feasible option to prevent Apophis from impacting the Earth, but many KEIs would be required for consecutive impacts to increase the total Earth-miss distance to a safe value. In this paper, we elaborate potential pre- and post-2029 KEI impact scenarios for a launch in 2020, and investigate tradeoffs between different mission parameters.
KW  - Solar Sail
KW  - Asteroid Deflection
KW  - Planetary Protection
KW  - Trajectory Optimization
Y1  - 2006
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2006-6178
N1  - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, 21 August 2006 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado(USA).
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Solar sail dynamics and control
T2  - Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering
N2  - Solar sails are large and lightweight reflective structures that are propelled by solar radiation pressure. This chapter covers their orbital and attitude dynamics and control. First, the advantages and limitations of solar sails are discussed and their history and development status is outlined. Because the dynamics of solar sails is governed by the (thermo-)optical properties of the sail film, the basic solar radiation pressure force models have to be described and compared before parameters to measure solar sail performance can be defined. The next part covers the orbital dynamics of solar sails for heliocentric motion, planetocentric motion, and motion at Lagrangian equilibrium points. Afterwards, some advanced solar radiation pressure force models are described, which allow to quantify the thrust force on solar sails of arbitrary shape, the effects of temperature, of light incidence angle, of surface roughness, and the effects of optical degradation of the sail film in the space environment. The orbital motion of a solar sail is strongly coupled to its rotational motion, so that the attitude control of these soft and flexible structures is very challenging, especially for planetocentric orbits that require fast attitude maneuvers. Finally, some potential attitude control methods are sketched and selection criteria are given.
KW  - solar sail
KW  - sailcraft
KW  - orbital dynamics
KW  - orbit control
KW  - attitude dynamics
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470686652.eae292
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Boden, Ralf
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Lichtenheldt, Roy
A1  - Pelivan, Ivanka
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Tardivel, Simon
T1  - Soil to sail-asteroid landers on near-term sailcraft as an evolution of the GOSSAMER small spacecraft solar sail concept for in-situ characterization
T2  - 5th IAA Planetary Defense Conference
KW  - multiple NEA rendezvous
KW  - solar sail
KW  - GOSSAMER-1
KW  - MASCOT
KW  - asteroid sample return
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 5th IAA Planetary Defense Conference – PDC 2017
15-19 May 2017, Tokyo, Japan
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Bauer, Waldemar
A1  - Borchers, Kai
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Ho, Tra-Mi
A1  - Jahnke, Rico
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Maiwald, Volker
A1  - Mikulz, Eugen
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Reershemius, Siebo
A1  - Renger, Thomas
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Toth, Norbert
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Krause, Christian
A1  - Cerotti, Matteo
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Small Spacecraft Solar Sailing for Small Solar System Body Multiple Rendezvous and Landing
T2  - 2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference : 3-10 March 2018
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 978-1-5386-2014-4
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Meß, Jan-Gerd
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
T1  - Small spacecraft in small solar system body applications
T2  - IEEE Aerospace Conference 2017, Big Sky, Montana, USA
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-1-5090-1613-6
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2017.7943626
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Grimm, Christian
A1  - Koch, Aaron
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
T1  - Small Spacecraft in Planetary Defence Related Applications–Capabilities, Constraints, Challenges
T2  - IEEE Aerospace Conference
N2  - In this paper we present an overview of the characteristics and peculiarities of small spacecraft missions related to planetary defence applications. We provide a brief overview of small spacecraft missions to small solar system bodies. On this background we present recent missions and selected projects and related studies at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, that contribute to planetary defence related activities. These range from Earth orbit technology demonstrators to active science missions in interplanetary space. We provide a summary of experience from recently flown missions with DLR participation as well as a number of studies. These include PHILAE, the lander recently arrived on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko aboard ESA’s ROSETTA comet rendezvous mission, and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, now underway to near-Earth asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 aboard the Japanese sample-return probe HAYABUSA-2. We introduce the differences between the conventional methods employed in the design, integration and testing of large spacecraft and the new approaches developed by small spacecraft projects. We expect that the practical experience that can be gained from projects on extremely
compressed timelines or with high-intensity operation phases on a newly explored small solar system body can contribute significantly to the study, preparation and realization of future planetary defence related missions. One is AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment), a joint effort of ESA,JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR, combining JHU/APL’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and ESA’s AIM (Asteroid Impact Monitor) spacecraft in a mission towards
near-Eath binary asteroid (65803) Didymos.
KW  - small spacecraft
KW  - planetary defence
KW  - asteroid lander
KW  - solar sail
KW  - flotilla missions
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 7.-13. Mar. 2015, Big Sky, Montana, USA.
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Grimm, Christian
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
T1  - Small spacecraft for small solar system body science, planetary defence and applications
T2  - IEEE Aerospace Conference 2016
N2  - Following the recent successful landings and occasional re-awakenings of PHILAE, the lander carried aboard ROSETTA to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and the launch of the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, aboard the HAYABUSA2 space probe to asteroid (162173) Ryugu we present an overview of the characteristics and peculiarities of small spacecraft missions to small solar system bodies (SSSB). Their main purpose is planetary science which is transitioning from a ‘pure’ science of observation of the distant to one also supporting in-situ applications relevant for life on Earth. Here we focus on missions at the interface of SSSB science and planetary defence applications. We provide a brief overview of small spacecraft SSSB missions and on this background present recent missions, projects and related studies at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, that contribute to the worldwide planetary defence community. These range from Earth orbit technology demonstrators to active science missions in interplanetary space. We provide a summary of experience from recently flown missions with DLR participation as well as a number of studies. These include PHILAE, the lander of ESA’s ROSETTA comet rendezvous mission now on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, now in cruise to the ~1 km diameter C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu aboard the Japanese sample-return probe HAYABUSA2. We introduce the differences between the conventional methods employed in the design, integration and testing of large spacecraft and the new approaches developed by small spacecraft projects. We expect that the practical experience that can be gained from projects on extremely compressed timelines or with high-intensity operation phases on a newly explored small solar system body can contribute significantly to the study, preparation and realization of future planetary defence related missions. One is AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment), a joint effort of ESA, JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR, combining JHU/APL’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and ESA’s AIM (Asteroid Impact Monitor) spacecraft in a mission towards near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos. DLR is currently applying MASCOT heritage and lessons learned to the design of MASCOT2, a lander for the AIM mission to support a bistatic low frequency radar experiment with PHILAE/ROSETTA CONSERT heritage to explore the inner structure of Didymoon which is the designated impact target for DART.
Y1  - 2016
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Bauer, Waldemar
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Boden, Ralf
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Cordero, Federico
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Herčík, David
A1  - Ho, Tra-Mi
A1  - Jahnke, Rico
A1  - Koch, Aaron D
A1  - Koncz, Alexander
A1  - Krause, Christian
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Lichtenheldt, Roy
A1  - Maiwald, Volker
A1  - Mikschl, Tobias
A1  - Mikulz, Eugen
A1  - Montenegro, Sergio
A1  - Pelivan, Ivanka
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Reershemius, Siebo
A1  - Renger, Thomas
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Ruffer, Michael
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Schmitz, Nicole
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Sznajder, Maciej
A1  - Tardivel, Simon
A1  - Tóth, Norbert
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
A1  - Wolff, Friederike
A1  - Ziach, Christian
T1  - Small spacecraft based multiple near-earth asteroid rendezvous and landing with near-term solar sails and ‘Now-Term ‘technologies
T2  - 69 th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
N2  - Physical interaction with small solar system bodies (SSSB) is the next step in planetary science, planetary in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), and planetary defense (PD). It requires a broader understanding of the surface properties of the target objects, with particular interest focused on those near Earth. Knowledge of composition, multi-scale surface structure, thermal response, and interior structure is required to design, validate and operate missions addressing these three fields. The current level of understanding is occasionally simplified into the phrase, ”If you’ve seen one asteroid, you’ve seen one asteroid”, meaning that the in-situ characterization of SSSBs has yet to cross the threshold towards a robust and stable scheme of classification. This would enable generic features in spacecraft design, particularly for ISRU and science missions. Currently, it is necessary to characterize any potential target object sufficiently by a dedicated pre-cursor mission to design the mission which then interacts with the object in a complex fashion. To open up strategic approaches, much broader in-depth characterization of potential target objects would be highly desirable. In SSSB science missions, MASCOT-like nano-landers and instrument carriers which integrate at the instrument level to their mothership have met interest. By its size, MASCOT is compatible with small interplanetary missions. The DLR-ESTEC Gossamer Roadmap Science Working Groups‘ studies identified Multiple Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) Rendezvous (MNR) as one of the space science missions only feasible with solar sail propulsion. The Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO) study showed the ability to access any inclination, theDisplaced-L1 (DL1) mission operates close to Earth, where objects of interest to PD and for ISRU reside. Other studies outline the unique capability of solar sails to provide access to all SSSB, at least within the orbit of Jupiter, and significant progress has been made to explore the performance envelope of near-term solar sails for MNR. However, it is difficult for
sailcraft to interact physically with a SSSB. We expand and extend the philosophy of the recently qualified DLR Gossamer solar sail deployment technology using efficient multiple sub-spacecraft integration to also include landers for one-way in-situ investigations and sample-return missions by synergetic integration and operation of sail and lander. The MASCOT design concept and its characteristic features have created an ideal counterpart for thisand has already been adapted to the needs of the AIM spacecraft, former part of the NASA-ESA AIDA missionDesigning the 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. IAC-18-F1.2.3 Page 2 of 17 combined spacecraft for piggy-back launch accommodation enables low-cost massively parallel access to the NEA population.
KW  - multiple NEA rendezvous
KW  - solar sail
KW  - GOSSAMER-1
KW  - MASCOT
KW  - small spacecraft
Y1  - 2018
N1  - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018.
https://www.bho-legal.com/1-5-october-2018-69th-international-astronautical-congress-2018-in-bremen-germany/
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Biele, Jens
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Ulamec, Stephan
A1  - Ziach, Christian
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Ruffer, Michael
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Toth, Norbert
A1  - Mimasu, Yuya
A1  - Rittweger, Andreas
A1  - Bibring, Jean-Pierre
A1  - Braukhane, Andy
A1  - Boden, Ralf Christian
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Jahnke, Stephan Siegfried
A1  - Jetzschmann, Michael
A1  - Krüger, Hans
A1  - Lange, Michael
A1  - Gomez, Antonio Martelo
A1  - Massonett, Didier
A1  - Okada, Tatsuaki
A1  - Sagliano, Marco
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Schröder, Silvio
A1  - Sippel, Martin
A1  - Skoczylas, Thomas
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
T1  - Small landers and separable sub-spacecraft for near-term solar sails
T2  - The Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing 2017
N2  - Following the successful PHILAE landing with ESA's ROSETTA probe and the launch of the MINERVA rovers and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, aboard the JAXA space probe, HAYABUSA2, to asteroid (162173) Ryugu, small landers have found increasing interest. Integrated at the instrument level in their mothership they support small solar system body studies. With efficient capabilities, resource-friendly design and inherent robustness they are an attractive exploration mission element. We discuss advantages and constraints of small sub-spacecraft, focusing on emerging areas of activity such as asteroid diversity studies, planetary defence, and asteroid mining, on the background of our projects PHILAE, MASCOT, MASCOT2, the JAXA-DLR Solar Power Sail Lander Design Study, and others. The GOSSAMER-1 solar sail deployment concept also involves independent separable sub-spacecraft operating synchronized to deploy the sail. Small spacecraft require big changes in the way we do things and occasionally a little more effort than would be anticipated based on a traditional large spacecraft approach. In a Constraints-Driven Engineering environment we apply Concurrent Design and Engineering (CD/CE), Concurrent Assembly, Integration and Verification (CAIV) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Near-term solar sails will likely be small spacecraft which we expect to harmonize well with nano-scale separable instrument payload packages.
KW  - Small Solar System Body Lander
KW  - Small Spacecraft
KW  - PHILAE
KW  - MASCOT
KW  - Solar Power Sail
Y1  - 2017
N1  - The Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing 2017, 17-20 January 2017. Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Loeb, Horst Wolfgang
A1  - Schartner, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
T1  - SEP-Sample return from a main belt asteroid
T2  - 30th International Electric Propulsion Conference
N2  - By DLR-contact, sample return missions to the large main-belt asteroid “19, Fortuna” have been studied. The mission scenario has been based on three ion thrusters of the RIT-22 model, which is presently under space qualification, and on solar arrays equipped with triple-junction GaAs solar cells. After having designed the spacecraft, the orbit-to-orbit trajectories for both, a one-way SEP mission with a chemical sample return and an all-SEP return mission, have been optimized using a combination of artificial neural networks with evolutionary algorithms. Additionally, body-to-body trajectories have been
investigated within a launch period between 2012 and 2015. For orbit-to-orbit calculation, the launch masses of the hybrid mission and of the all-SEP mission resulted in 2.05 tons and 1.56 tons, respectively, including a scientific payload of 246 kg. For the related transfer
durations 4.14 yrs and 4.62 yrs were obtained. Finally, a comparison between the mission scenarios based on SEP and on NEP have been carried out favouring clearly SEP.
Y1  - 2007
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Loeb, Horst W.
A1  - Schartner, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Streppel, Joern
A1  - Meusemann, Hans
A1  - Schülke, Peter
T1  - SEP for a lander mission to the jovian moon europa
T2  - 57th International Astronautical Congress
N2  - Under DLR-contract, Giessen University and DLR Cologne are studying solar-electric propulsion missions (SEP) to the outer regions of the solar system. The most challenging reference mission concerns the transport of a 1.35-tons chemical lander spacecraft into an 80-RJ circular orbit around Jupiter, which would enable to place a 375 kg lander with 50 kg of scientific instruments on the surface of the icy moon "Europa". Thorough analyses show that the best solution in terms of SEP launch mass times thrusting time would be a two-stage EP module and a triple-junction solar array with concentrators which would be deployed step by step. Mission performance optimizations suggest to propel the spacecraft in the first EP stage by 6 gridded ion thrusters, running at 4.0 kV of beam voltage, which would save launch mass, and in the second stage by 4 thrusters with 1.25 to 1.5 kV of positive high voltage saving thrusting time. In this way, the launch mass of the spacecraft would be kept within 5.3 tons. Without a launcher's C3 and interplanetary gravity assists, Jupiter might be reached within about 4 yrs. The spiraling-down into the parking orbit would need another 1.8 yrs. This "large mission" can be scaled down to a smaller one, e.g., by halving all masses, the solar array power, and the number of thrusters. Due to their reliability, long lifetime and easy control, RIT-22 engines have been chosen for mission analysis. Based on precise tests, the thruster performance has been modeled.
Y1  - 2006
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.IAC-06-C4.4.04
N1  - 57th International Astronautical Congress, 02 October 2006 - 06 October 2006, Valencia, Spain.
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Waldmann, Christoph
A1  - Vera, Jean-Pierre de
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Strasdeit, Henry
A1  - Sohl, Frank
A1  - Hanff, Hendrik
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Heinen, Dirk
A1  - Macht, Sabine
A1  - Bestmann, Ulf
A1  - Meckel, Sebastian
A1  - Hildebrandt, Marc
A1  - Funke, Oliver
A1  - Gehrt, Jan-Jöran
T1  - Search for life in ice-covered oceans and lakes beyond Earth
T2  - 2018 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop, Proceedings November 2018, Article number 8729761
N2  - The quest for life on other planets is closely connected with the search for water in liquid state. Recent discoveries of deep oceans on icy moons like Europa and Enceladus have spurred an intensive discussion about how these waters can be accessed. The challenge of this endeavor lies in the unforeseeable requirements on instrumental characteristics both with respect to the scientific and technical methods. The TRIPLE/nanoAUV initiative is aiming at developing a mission concept for exploring exo-oceans and demonstrating the achievements in an earth-analogue context, exploring the ocean under the ice shield of Antarctica and lakes like Dome-C on the Antarctic continent.
KW  - Planetary exploration
KW  - Jupiter
KW  - ice moons
KW  - underwater vehicle
KW  - Antarctica
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AUV.2018.8729761
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Bauer, Waldemar
A1  - Boden, Ralf Christian
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Cordero, Federico
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Hercik, D.
A1  - Herique, A.
A1  - Ho, Tra-Mi
A1  - Jahnke, Rico
A1  - Kofman, Wlodek
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Lichtenheldt, Roy
A1  - McInnes, Colin R.
A1  - Mikschl, Tobias
A1  - Mikulz, Eugen
A1  - Montenegro, Sergio
A1  - Moore, Iain
A1  - Pelivan, Ivanka
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Plettemeier, Dirk
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Reershemius, Siebo
A1  - Renger, Thomas
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Rogez, Yves
A1  - Ruffer, Michael
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Schmitz, Nicole
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Sznajder, Maciej
A1  - Toth, Norbert
A1  - Viavattene, Giulia
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
A1  - Wolff, Friederike
A1  - Ziach, Christian
T1  - Responsive integrated small spacecraft solar sail and payload design concepts and missions
T2  - Conference: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019)
N2  - Asteroid mining has the potential to greatly reduce the cost of in-space manufacturing, production of propellant for space transportation and consumables for crewed spacecraft, compared to launching the required resources from Earth’s deep gravity well. This paper discusses the top-level mission architecture and trajectory design for these resource-return missions, comparing high-thrust trajectories with continuous low-thrust solar-sail trajectories. This work focuses on maximizing the economic Net Present Value, which takes the time-cost of finance into account and therefore balances the returned resource mass and mission duration. The different propulsion methods will then be compared in terms of maximum economic return, sets of attainable target asteroids, and mission flexibility. This paper provides one more step towards making commercial asteroid mining an economically viable reality by integrating trajectory design, propulsion technology and economic modelling.
Y1  - 2019
N1  - Conference: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019)At: Aachen, Germany
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Grundmann, Jan Thimo
A1  - Bauer, Waldemar
A1  - Boden, Ralf Christian
A1  - Ceriotti, Matteo
A1  - Cordero, Federico
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Dumont, Etienne
A1  - Grimm, Christian D.
A1  - Hercik, D.
A1  - Herique, A.
A1  - Ho, Tra-Mi
A1  - Jahnke, Rico
A1  - Kofman, Wlodek
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Lichtenheldt, Roy
A1  - McInnes, Colin R.
A1  - Mikschl, Tobias
A1  - Montenegro, Sergio
A1  - Moore, Iain
A1  - Pelivan, Ivanka
A1  - Peloni, Alessandro
A1  - Plettenmeier, Dirk
A1  - Quantius, Dominik
A1  - Reershemius, Siebo
A1  - Renger, Thomas
A1  - Riemann, Johannes
A1  - Rogez, Yves
A1  - Ruffer, Michael
A1  - Sasaki, Kaname
A1  - Schmitz, Nicole
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Seefeldt, Patric
A1  - Spietz, Peter
A1  - Spröwitz, Tom
A1  - Sznajder, Maciej
A1  - Toth, Norbert
A1  - Viavattene, Giulia
A1  - Wejmo, Elisabet
A1  - Wolff, Friederike
A1  - Ziach, Christian
T1  - Responsive exploration and asteroid characterization through integrated solar sail and lander development using small spacecraft technologies
T2  - IAA Planetary Defense Conference
N2  - In parallel to the evolution of the Planetary Defense Conference, the exploration of small solar system bodies has advanced from fast fly-bys on the sidelines of missions to the planets to the implementation of dedicated sample-return and in-situ analysis missions. Spacecraft of all sizes have landed, touch-and-go sampled, been gently beached, or impacted at hypervelocity on asteroid and comet surfaces. More have flown by close enough to image their surfaces in detail or sample their immediate environment, often as part of an extended or re-purposed mission. And finally, full-scale planetary defense experiment missions are in the making. Highly efficient low-thrust propulsion is increasingly applied beyond commercial use also in mainstream and flagship science missions, in combination with gravity assist propulsion. Another development in the same years is the growth of small spacecraft solutions, not in size but in numbers and individual capabilities. The on-going NASA OSIRIS-REx and JAXA HAYABUSA2 missions exemplify the trend as well as the upcoming NEA SCOUT mission or the landers MINERVA-II and MASCOT recently deployed on Ryugu. We outline likely as well as possible and efficient routes of continuation of all these developments towards a propellant-less and highly efficient class of spacecraft for small solar system body exploration: small spacecraft solar sails designed for carefree handling and equipped with carried landers and application modules, for all asteroid user communities –planetary science, planetary defence, and in-situ resource utilization. This projection builds on the experience gained in the development of deployable membrane structures leading up to the successful ground deployment test of a (20 m)² solar sail at DLR Cologne and in the 20 years since. It draws on the background of extensive trajectory optimization studies, the qualified technology of the DLR GOSSAMER-1 deployment demonstrator, and the MASCOT asteroid lander. These enable ‘now-term’ as well as near-term hardware solutions, and thus responsive fast-paced development. Mission types directly applicable to planetary defense include: single and Multiple NEA Rendezvous ((M)NR) for mitigation precursor, target monitoring and deflection follow-up tasks; sail-propelled head-on retrograde kinetic impactors (RKI) for mitigation; and deployable membrane based methods to modify the asteroid’s properties or interact with it. The DLR-ESTEC GOSSAMER Roadmap initiated studies of missions uniquely feasible with solar sails such as Displaced L1 (DL1) space weather advance warning and monitoring and Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO) delivery which demonstrate the capability of near-term solar sails to achieve NEA rendezvous in any kind of orbit, from Earth-coorbital to extremely inclined and even retrograde orbits. For those mission types using separable payloads, such as SPO, (M)NR and RKI, design concepts can be derived from the separable Boom Sail Deployment Units characteristic of DLR GOSSAMER solar sail technology, nanolanders like MASCOT, or microlanders like the JAXA-DLR Jupiter Trojan Asteroid Lander for the OKEANOS mission which can shuttle from the sail to the asteroids visited and enable multiple NEA sample-return missions. These are an ideal match for solar sails in micro-spacecraft format whose launch configurations are compatible with ESPA and ASAP secondary payload platforms.
Y1  - 2019
N1  - Conference: IAA Planetary Defense ConferenceAt: Washington DC, USA
29.04-03.05.2019
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Mengali, Giovanni
A1  - Quarta, Alessandro A.
A1  - Circi, Christian
T1  - Refined Solar Sail Force Model with Mission Application / Giovanni Mengali ; Alessandro A. Quarta , Christian Circi ;  Bernd Dachwald
JF  - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 30 (2007), H. 2
Y1  - 2007
SN  - 0162-3192
N1  - 2. ISBN: 0731-5090
SP  - 512
EP  - 520
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Radiation pressure force model for an ideal laser-enhanced solar sail
T2  - 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing
N2  - The concept of a laser-enhanced solar sail is introduced and the radiation pressure force model for an ideal laser-enhanced solar sail is derived. A laser-enhanced solar sail is a “traditional” solar sail that is, however, not solely propelled by solar radiation, but additionally by a laser beam that illuminates the sail. The additional laser radiation pressure increases the sail's propulsive force and can give, depending on the location of the laser source, more control authority over the direction of the solar sail’s propulsive force vector. This way, laser-enhanced solar sails may augment already existing solar sail mission concepts and make novel mission concepts feasible.
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing
17-20 January 2017, Kyōto, Japan
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Blome, Hans-Joachim
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Richter, Lutz
T1  - Proposal for an integrated European Space Exploration Study
JF  - Space Debris and Space Traffic Management Symposium 2004 : proceedings of the International Academy of Astronautics Space Debris and Space Traffic Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the 55th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), October 4 - 8, 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada / ed. by Joerg Bendisch
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 0-87703-523-7
N1  - Proceedings IAC-2004-IAA, 3.6.1.06; Space Debris and Space Traffic Management Symposium <2004, Vancouver, British Columbia> ; International Academy of Astronautics
PB  - Univelt
CY  - San Diego, Calif.
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Blome, Hans-Joachim
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Richter, Lutz
T1  - Proposal for an integrated European space exploration strategy
T2  - 55th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law
N2  - Recently, in his vision for space exploration, US president Bush announced to extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon as early as 2015 in preparation for human exploration of Mars and other destinations. In Europe, an exploration program, termed AURORA, was established by ESA in 2001 – funded on a voluntary basis by ESA member states – with a clear focus on Mars and the ultimate goal of landing humans on Mars around 2030 in international cooperation. In 2003, a Human Spaceflight Vision Group was appointed by ESA with the task to develop a vision for the role of human spaceflight during the next quarter of the century. The resulting vision focused on a European-led lunar exploration initiative as part of a multi-decade, international effort to strengthen European identity and economy. After a review of the situation in Europe concerning space exploration, the paper outlines an approach for a consistent positioning of exploration within the existing European space programs, identifies destinations, and develops corresponding scenarios for an integrated strategy, starting with robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and near-Earth asteroids. The interests of the European planetary in-situ science community, which recently met at DLR Cologne, are considered. Potential robotic lunar missions comprise polar landings to search for frozen volatiles and a sample return. For Mars, the implementation of a modest robotic landing mission in 2009 to demonstrate the capability for landing and prepare more ambitious and complex missions is discussed. For near-Earth asteroid exploration, a low-cost in-situ technology demonstration mission could yield important results. All proposed scenarios offer excellent science and could therefore create synergies between ESA’s mandatory and optional programs in the area of planetary science and exploration. The paper intents to stimulate the European discussion on space exploration and reflects the personal view of the authors.
Y1  - 2004
N1  - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004 - Vancouver, Canada
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Peloni, A.
A1  - Ceriotti, M.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Preliminary trajectory design of a multiple NEO rendezvous mission through solar sailing
T2  - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, Vol. 8, 2014
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-1-63439-986-9
SP  - 5352
EP  - 5366
PB  - Curran
CY  - Red Hook, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kezerashvili, Roman Ya
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Preface: Solar sailing: Concepts, technology, and missions II
JF  - Advances in Space Research
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.037
SN  - 0273-1177
VL  - 67
IS  - 9
SP  - 2559
EP  - 2560
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Macdonald, Malcolm
A1  - Mengali, Giovanni
A1  - Quatra, Alessandro A.
A1  - McInnes, Colin R.
A1  - Rios-Reyes, Leonel
A1  - Scheerers, Daniel J.
A1  - Wie, Bong
A1  - Görlich, Marianne
A1  - Lura, Franz
A1  - Diedrich, Benjamin
A1  - Baturkin, Volodymyr
A1  - Coverstone, Victoria L.
A1  - Leipold, Manfred
A1  - Garbe, Gregory P.
T1  - Potential Solar Sail Degradation Effects on Trajectory and Attitude Control
JF  - AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit : [San Francisco, California, 15 - 18 August 2005 ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [10.]2005,16-17)
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 1-56347-765-3
N1  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics <Reston, Va.> ; AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit <2005, San Francisco, Calif.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6172
Link "<a href="https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/MGNC05"_blank">https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/MGNC05</a>" am 15.07.2022 nachgetragen Behr
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Baturkin, Volodymyr
A1  - Coverstone, Victoria
A1  - Diedrich, Ben
A1  - Garbe, Gregory
A1  - Görlich, Marianne
A1  - Leipold, Manfred
A1  - Lura, Franz
A1  - Macdonald, Malcolm
A1  - McInnes, Colin
A1  - Mengali, Giovanni
A1  - Quarta, Alessandro
A1  - Rios-Reyes, Leonel
A1  - Scheeres, Daniel J.
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Potential effects of optical solar sail degredation on trajectory design
T2  - AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist
N2  - The optical properties of the thin metalized polymer films that are projected for solar sails are assumed to be affected by the erosive effects of the space environment. Their degradation behavior in the real space environment, however, is to a considerable degree indefinite, because initial ground test results are controversial and relevant inspace tests have not been made so far. The standard optical solar sail models that are currently used for trajectory design do not take optical degradation into account, hence its potential effects on trajectory design have not been investigated so far. Nevertheless, optical degradation is important for high-fidelity solar sail mission design, because it decreases both the magnitude of the solar radiation pressure force acting on the sail and also the sail control authority. Therefore, we propose a simple parametric optical solar sail degradation model that describes the variation of the sail film’s optical coefficients with time, depending on the sail film’s environmental history, i.e., the radiation dose. The primary intention of our model is not to describe the exact behavior of specific film-coating combinations in the real space environment, but to provide a more general parametric framework for describing the general optical degradation behavior of solar sails. Using our model, the effects of different optical degradation behaviors on trajectory design are investigated for various exemplary missions.
Y1  - 2005
N1  - 2005 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 7-11.08.2005. Lake Tahoe, California
https://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2005_astro/2005_astro.html
SP  - 1
EP  - 23
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Baturkin, Volodymyr
A1  - Coverstone, Victoria L.
A1  - Dietrich, Benjamin
A1  - Garbe, Gregory P.
A1  - Görlich, Marianne
A1  - Leipold, Manfred
A1  - Lura, Franz
A1  - Macdonald, Malcolm
A1  - McInnes, Colin R.
A1  - Mengali, Giovanni
A1  - Quatra, Alessandro A.
A1  - Rios-Reyes, Leonel
A1  - Scheeres, Daniel J.
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Wie, Bong
T1  - Potential Effects of Optical Solar Sail Degradation on Interplanetary Trajectory Design
JF  - Astrodynamics 2005 : proceedings of the AAS/AIAA astrodynamics conference held August 7 - 11, 2005, South Lake Tahoe, California / ed. by Bobby G. Williams. - Pt. 3. - (Advances in the astronautical sciences ; 123,3)
Y1  - 2006
UR  - http://www.spacesailing.net/paper/200508_LakeTahoe_Dachwald+.pdf
SN  - 0-87703-527-X
N1  - Astrodynamics Conference <2005, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.> ; American Astronautical Society ; Number: AAS-05-413
SP  - 2569
EP  - 2592
PB  - Univelt
CY  - San Diego, Calif.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heiligers, Jeannette
A1  - Schoutetens, Frederic
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
T1  - Photon-sail equilibria in the alpha centauri system
JF  - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.G005446
SN  - 1533-3884
SN  - 0731-5090
SN  - 0162-3192
VL  - 44
IS  - 5
SP  - 1053
EP  - 1061
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schartner, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Loeb, H. W.
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Ohndorf, Andreas
T1  - Perspectives of electric propulsion for outer planetary and deep space missions
T2  - European Planetary Science Congress 2009
N2  - Solar-electric propulsion (SEP) is superior with
respect to payload capacity, flight time and
flexible launch window to the conventional
interplanetary transfer method using chemical
propulsion combined with gravity assists. This fact
results from the large exhaust velocities of electric
low–thrust propulsion and is favourable also for
missions to the giant planets, Kuiper-belt objects
and even for a heliopause probe (IHP) as shown in
three studies by the authors funded by DLR. They
dealt with a lander for Europa and a sample return
mission from a mainbelt asteroid [1], with the
TANDEM mission [2]; the third recent one
investigates electric propulsion for the transfer to
the edge of the solar system.
All studies are based on triple-junction solar arrays,
on rf-ion thrusters of the qualified RIT-22 type and
they use the intelligent trajectory optimization
program InTrance [3].
Y1  - 2009
N1  - European Planetary Science Congress 2009, 13-18 September, Potsdam, Germany
SP  - 416
EP  - 416
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Seboldt, Wolfgang
A1  - Häusler, Bernd
T1  - Performance requirements for near-term interplanetary solar sailcraft missions
T2  - 6th International AAAF Symposium on Space Propulsion: Propulsion for Space Transportation of the XXIst Century
N2  - Solar sailcraft provide a wide range of opportunities for high-energy low-cost missions. To date, most mission studies require a rather demanding performance that will not be realized by solar sailcraft of the first generation.
However, even with solar sailcraft of moderate performance, scientifically relevant missions are feasible. This is demonstrated with a Near Earth Asteroid sample return mission and various planetary rendezvous missions.
Y1  - 2002
N1  - 6th International AAAF Symposium on Space Propulsion: Propulsion for Space Transportation of the XXIst Century, Versailles, France, 14-16 May 2002
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scholz, Christina
A1  - Romagnoli, Daniele
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Theil, Stephan
T1  - Performance analysis of an attitude control system for solar sails using sliding masses
JF  - Advances in Space Research
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 0273-1177
VL  - 48
IS  - 11
SP  - 1822
EP  - 1835
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -