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Orbital Dynamics of a Simple Solar Photon Thruster

Author(s) -

Anna Guerman,

Georgi Smirnov,

Maria Cecília Pereira

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

mathematical problems in engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262

H-Index - 62

eISSN - 1026-7077

pISSN - 1024-123X

DOI - 10.1155/2009/537256

Subject(s) - solar sail , trajectory , propulsion , simple (philosophy) , physics , orbital maneuver , aerospace engineering , reflection (computer programming) , classical mechanics , orbital motion , photon , orbital mechanics , motion (physics) , control theory (sociology) , computer science , satellite , engineering , optics , control (management) , astronomy , philosophy , epistemology , programming language , angular momentum , artificial intelligence , spacecraft

We study orbital dynamics of a compound solar sail, namely, a Simple Solar Photon Thruster and compare its behavior to that of a common version of sailcraft. To perform this analysis, development of a mathematical model for force created by light reflection on all sailcraft elements is essential. We deduce the equations of sailcraft's motion and compare performance of two schemes of solar propulsion for two test time-optimal control problems of trajectory transfer

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