Performance requirements for near-term interplanetary solar sailcraft missions

  • 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.

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Author:Bernd DachwaldORCiD, Wolfgang Seboldt, Bernd Häusler
Parent Title (English):6th International AAAF Symposium on Space Propulsion: Propulsion for Space Transportation of the XXIst Century
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of Completion:2002
Length:9 Seiten
Note:
6th International AAAF Symposium on Space Propulsion: Propulsion for Space Transportation of the XXIst Century, Versailles, France, 14-16 May 2002
Link:http://www.spacesailing.net/paper/200205_Versailles_DachwaldSeboldtHaeusler.pdf
Zugriffsart:weltweit
Institutes:FH Aachen / Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering