Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concept for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation
Solar-sail periodic orbits in the Earth–moon circular restricted three-body problem are proposed for continuous observation of the polar regions of the Earth and the moon. The existence of families of solar-sail periodic orbits in the Earth–moon system has previously been demonstrated by the authors...
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fttudelft:oai:tudelft.nl:uuid:b924332a-3f32-40c8-9cf1-653be143dce2 2024-02-11T10:08:41+01:00 Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concept for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation Heiligers, M.J. (author) Parker, Jeffrey S. (author) Macdonald, Malcolm (author) 2017 http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b924332a-3f32-40c8-9cf1-653be143dce2 https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G002919 en eng Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics: devoted to the technology of dynamics and control--0731-5090--2196a495-5cfe-4432-b895-a8b57aab984a AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2016--ab12935a-8469-406c-988f-06651acc0619 http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b924332a-3f32-40c8-9cf1-653be143dce2 https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G002919 © 2017 M.J. Heiligers, Jeffrey S. Parker, Malcolm Macdonald journal article 2017 fttudelft https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G002919 2024-01-24T23:29:20Z Solar-sail periodic orbits in the Earth–moon circular restricted three-body problem are proposed for continuous observation of the polar regions of the Earth and the moon. The existence of families of solar-sail periodic orbits in the Earth–moon system has previously been demonstrated by the authors and is expanded by introducing additional orbit families. Orbits for near-term solar-sail technology originate by maintaining the solar sail at a constant attitude with respect to the sun such that mission operations are greatly simplified. The results of this investigation include a constellation of two solar-sail L 2 L2 -vertical Lyapunov orbits that achieves continuous observation of both the lunar South Pole and the center of the Aitken Basin at a minimum elevation of 15 deg. At Earth, a set of two, clover-shaped orbits can provide continuous coverage of one of the Earth’s poles at a minimum elevation of 20 deg. Results generated in the Earth–moon circular restricted three-body model are easily transitioned to one that includes eccentricity effects and demonstrates that the orbits are feasible in realistic regimes. Astrodynamics & Space Missions Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Delft University of Technology: Institutional Repository Aitken ENVELOPE(-44.516,-44.516,-60.733,-60.733) South Pole Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 41 1 212 230 |
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Solar-sail periodic orbits in the Earth–moon circular restricted three-body problem are proposed for continuous observation of the polar regions of the Earth and the moon. The existence of families of solar-sail periodic orbits in the Earth–moon system has previously been demonstrated by the authors and is expanded by introducing additional orbit families. Orbits for near-term solar-sail technology originate by maintaining the solar sail at a constant attitude with respect to the sun such that mission operations are greatly simplified. The results of this investigation include a constellation of two solar-sail L 2 L2 -vertical Lyapunov orbits that achieves continuous observation of both the lunar South Pole and the center of the Aitken Basin at a minimum elevation of 15 deg. At Earth, a set of two, clover-shaped orbits can provide continuous coverage of one of the Earth’s poles at a minimum elevation of 20 deg. Results generated in the Earth–moon circular restricted three-body model are easily transitioned to one that includes eccentricity effects and demonstrates that the orbits are feasible in realistic regimes. Astrodynamics & Space Missions |
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Heiligers, M.J. (author) Parker, Jeffrey S. (author) Macdonald, Malcolm (author) Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concept for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation |
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Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concept for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation |
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Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concept for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation |
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Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concept for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation |
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