Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission
This paper provides a detailed mission analysis and systems design of a pole-sitter mission. It considers a spacecraft that is continuously above either the North or South Pole and, as such, can provide real-time, continuous and hemispherical coverage of the polar regions. Two different propulsion s...
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ftustrathclyde:oai:strathprints.strath.ac.uk:43503 2024-05-19T07:48:37+00:00 Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission Ceriotti, Matteo Heiligers, Jeannette McInnes, Colin 2014-01 application/pdf https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/43503/ https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/43503/5/Ceriotti_M_et_al_Pure_Trajectory_and_spacecraft_design_for_a_pole_sitter_mission_Apr_2013.pdf https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A32477 unknown https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/43503/5/Ceriotti_M_et_al_Pure_Trajectory_and_spacecraft_design_for_a_pole_sitter_mission_Apr_2013.pdf Ceriotti, Matteo <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/695075.html> and Heiligers, Jeannette <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/698309.html> and McInnes, Colin <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/465821.html> (2014 <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/year/2014.html>) Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/publications/Journal_of_Spacecraft_and_Rockets.html>, 51 (1). pp. 311-326. ISSN 0022-4650 Mechanical engineering and machinery Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftustrathclyde https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A32477 2024-04-30T23:47:50Z This paper provides a detailed mission analysis and systems design of a pole-sitter mission. It considers a spacecraft that is continuously above either the North or South Pole and, as such, can provide real-time, continuous and hemispherical coverage of the polar regions. Two different propulsion strategies are proposed, which result in a near-term pole-sitter mission using solar electric propulsion and a far-term pole-sitter mission where the electric thruster is hybridized with a solar sail. For both propulsion strategies, minimum propellant pole-sitter orbits are designed. Optimal transfers from Earth to the pole-sitter are designed assuming Soyuz and Ariane 5 launch options, and a controller is shown to be able to maintain the trajectory under unexpected conditions such as injection errors. A detailed mass budget analysis allows for a trade-off between mission lifetime and payload mass capacity, and candidate payloads for a range of applications are investigated. It results that a payload of about 100 kg can operate for approximately 4 years with the solar-electric spacecraft, while the hybrid propulsion technology enables extending the missions up to 7 years. Transfers between north and south pole-sitter orbits are also considered to observe either pole when illuminated by the Sun. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole University of Strathclyde Glasgow: Strathprints Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 51 1 311 326 |
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This paper provides a detailed mission analysis and systems design of a pole-sitter mission. It considers a spacecraft that is continuously above either the North or South Pole and, as such, can provide real-time, continuous and hemispherical coverage of the polar regions. Two different propulsion strategies are proposed, which result in a near-term pole-sitter mission using solar electric propulsion and a far-term pole-sitter mission where the electric thruster is hybridized with a solar sail. For both propulsion strategies, minimum propellant pole-sitter orbits are designed. Optimal transfers from Earth to the pole-sitter are designed assuming Soyuz and Ariane 5 launch options, and a controller is shown to be able to maintain the trajectory under unexpected conditions such as injection errors. A detailed mass budget analysis allows for a trade-off between mission lifetime and payload mass capacity, and candidate payloads for a range of applications are investigated. It results that a payload of about 100 kg can operate for approximately 4 years with the solar-electric spacecraft, while the hybrid propulsion technology enables extending the missions up to 7 years. Transfers between north and south pole-sitter orbits are also considered to observe either pole when illuminated by the Sun. |
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Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission |
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https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/43503/5/Ceriotti_M_et_al_Pure_Trajectory_and_spacecraft_design_for_a_pole_sitter_mission_Apr_2013.pdf Ceriotti, Matteo <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/695075.html> and Heiligers, Jeannette <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/698309.html> and McInnes, Colin <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/author/465821.html> (2014 <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/year/2014.html>) Trajectory and spacecraft design for a pole-sitter mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets <https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/view/publications/Journal_of_Spacecraft_and_Rockets.html>, 51 (1). pp. 311-326. ISSN 0022-4650 |
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