This book presents the best contributions of the the Third International Symposium on Solar Sailing Glasgow, 11 – 13 June 2013. It is a rapid snap-shot of the state-of-the art of solar sail technology in 2013 across the globe, capturing flight programs, technology development programs and new technology and application concepts. The book contains contributions from all of the leading figures in the field, including NASA, JAXA, ESA & DLR as well as university and industry experts. It therefore provides a unique reference point for the solar sail technology. The book also includes key contributions from the prospective users of solar sail technology, which will allow the technology to be considered by the user in this unique context.
Author(s): Malcolm Macdonald (eds.)
Series: Springer Praxis Books - Astronautical Engineering
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 987
Tags: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Optical and Electronic Materials
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Overview of Solar Sail Related Activities at JAXA....Pages 3-14
An Overview of Solar Sail Propulsion within NASA....Pages 15-23
Overview of IKAROS Mission....Pages 25-43
How IKAROS Shape is Designed: Attitude Stability of Spinning Solar Sail....Pages 45-56
Evaluation of Sail Mechanics of IKAROS on its Slow-Spin and Reverse-Spin Operation....Pages 57-74
Attitude and Orbit Prediction of IKAROS in Actual Flight Operation....Pages 75-93
NanoSail:D Orbital and Attitude Dynamics....Pages 95-113
Sunjammer: A Solar Sail Demonstration....Pages 115-126
Commercial Solar Sail Applications: Overview and Update on NASA’s Sunjammer Mission....Pages 127-132
The Preliminary Design of the GOSSAMER-1 Solar Sail Membrane and Manufacturing Strategies....Pages 133-151
Demonstrator Flight Missions at the Surrey Space Centre Involving Gossamer Sails....Pages 153-167
ISS-Based Solar Sail Deployment Experiment “BMSTU-Sail”....Pages 169-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Magnetic Field Measurements from a Solar Sail Platform with Space Weather Applications....Pages 185-200
Solar Wind Analyser (SWAN) for the Sunjammer Solar Sail Mission....Pages 201-210
Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Multiple NEO Rendezvous Mission....Pages 211-226
Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Sub-L 1 Space Weather Mission....Pages 227-242
Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Solar Polar Mission....Pages 243-257
SOLARIS: Solar Sail Investigation of the Sun....Pages 259-268
A Fractionated Space Weather Base at L 5 using CubeSats and Solar Sails....Pages 269-288
Design and Trade-offs of a Pole-Sitter Mission....Pages 289-308
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Reduction of Martian Sample Return Mission Launch Mass with Solar Sail Propulsion....Pages 309-329
Distributed Reflectivity Solar Sails for Extended Mission Applications....Pages 331-350
Alternative Application of Solar Sail Technology....Pages 351-365
Earth-Crossing Asteroids Deflection with a Sailcraft....Pages 367-386
Solar Sails and the Search for Dark Matter....Pages 387-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Light Pressure Measurement at DLR Bremen....Pages 399-406
Realistic Solar Sail Thrust....Pages 407-435
Direct Thrust Efficiency for the L’Garde Sail Surface with a Linear Reflectivity Model....Pages 437-455
Thrust Efficiency on an Idealized Deformable Sail....Pages 457-467
The Solar Radiation Pressure Force Models for a General Sail Surface Shape....Pages 469-488
Applying Vector Scattering Theory to Solar-Photon Sail Thrust Modeling....Pages 489-508
The Solar Sail Materials Project: Results of Activities....Pages 509-524
Selection and Manufacturing of Membrane Materials for Solar Sails....Pages 525-540
The Complex Irradiation Facility at DLR-Bremen....Pages 541-557
H 2 Blister Formation on Metallic Surfaces: A Candidate for Degradation Processes in Space....Pages 559-571
Solar Sail: Materials and Space Environmental Effects....Pages 573-592
Design and Sizing of the GOSSAMER Boom Deployment Concept....Pages 593-608
Bistable Over the Whole Length (BOWL) CFRP Booms for Solar Sails....Pages 609-628
Front Matter....Pages 629-629
Heliogyro Solar Sail Research at NASA....Pages 631-650
Solarelastic Stability of the Heliogyro....Pages 651-665
Front Matter....Pages 629-629
Heliogyro Attitude Control Moment Authority via Blade Pitch Maneuvers....Pages 667-686
Dynamics of a Coupled Pendulum Model of a Heliogyro Membrane Blade....Pages 687-704
Challenges Associated with System Identification and Control of a Heliogyro Membrane Blade....Pages 705-716
Two-Blade Solar Sail Dynamics....Pages 717-735
Solar Sail Coning Control to Induce Orbital Effects in Spinning Versus Non-spinning Sails....Pages 737-753
The Attitude Control of a Tri-Spin Solar Sail Satellite....Pages 755-769
Influence of Attitude Control on Orbital Plane Change for Flexible Solar Sail....Pages 771-790
Coupled Attitude–Orbit Dynamics and Control of Reflectivity Modulated Solar Sail for GeoSail Formation Flying....Pages 791-810
Dynamical Analysis of the Deployment for a Reduced Spinning Solar Sail Model....Pages 811-827
Front Matter....Pages 829-829
Optimal Solar Sail Interplanetary Trajectories with Constant Cone Angle....Pages 831-850
New Families of Non-Keplerian Orbits: Solar Sail Motion over Cylinders and Spheres....Pages 851-870
Families of Periodic Orbits for Solar Sails in the CRBTP....Pages 871-884
Periodic Motion for an Imperfect Solar Sail Near an Asteroid....Pages 885-898
Variable-Geometry Solar Sailing: The Possibilities of the Quasi-Rhombic Pyramid....Pages 899-919
Real Solar Sails are Not Ideal, and Yes It Matters....Pages 921-940
Inspection of a Co-orbital Solar Sail Using a Microthruster Attitude Control System....Pages 941-960
Deployment Simulations of the Space Tow Solar Sail....Pages 961-976
Electric Solar Wind Sail: Deployment, Long-Term Dynamics, and Control Hardware Requirements....Pages 977-987
