[HTML][HTML] Space sails for achieving major space exploration goals: Historical review and future outlook
Abstract Space sails are a continuum of lightweight, thin, large-area, deployable
technologies which are pushing forward new frontiers in space mobility and exploration …
technologies which are pushing forward new frontiers in space mobility and exploration …
Solar sail technology—A state of the art review
B Fu, E Sperber, F Eke - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the current state of the art of solar sail technology is reviewed. Solar sail
research is quite broad and multi-disciplinary; this paper focuses mainly on areas such as …
research is quite broad and multi-disciplinary; this paper focuses mainly on areas such as …
CubeSail: A low cost CubeSat based solar sail demonstration mission
CubeSail is a nano-solar sail mission based on the 3U CubeSat standard, which is currently
being designed and built at the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey. CubeSail will …
being designed and built at the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey. CubeSail will …
Survey of propulsion technologies applicable to cubesats
At present, no Cubesat has flown in space featuring propulsion. This was acceptable as long
as CubeSats were flown mostly as university experiments. As CubeSats become of interest …
as CubeSats were flown mostly as university experiments. As CubeSats become of interest …
[HTML][HTML] Solar sail orbit raising with electro-optically controlled diffractive film
The aim of this paper is to analyze the transfer performance of a spacecraft whose primary
propulsion system is a diffractive solar sail with active, switchable panels. The spacecraft …
propulsion system is a diffractive solar sail with active, switchable panels. The spacecraft …
A passive, sun-pointing, millimeter-scale solar sail
JA Atchison, MA Peck - Acta Astronautica, 2010 - Elsevier
Taking inspiration from the orbital dynamics of dust, we find that spacecraft length scaling is
a means of enabling infinite-impulse orbits that require no feedback control. Our candidate …
a means of enabling infinite-impulse orbits that require no feedback control. Our candidate …
Length scaling in spacecraft dynamics
JA Atchison, MA Peck - Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics, 2011 - arc.aiaa.org
Length Scaling in Spacecraft Dynamics Page 1 Length Scaling in Spacecraft Dynamics Justin A.
Atchison ∗ and Mason A. Peck † Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 DOI …
Atchison ∗ and Mason A. Peck † Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 DOI …
Cubesat solar sail 3-axis stabilization using panel translation and magnetic torquing
A Cubesat mission with a deployable solar sail of 5 meter by 5 meter in a sun-synchronous
low earth orbit is analyzed to demonstrate solar sailing using active attitude stabilization of …
low earth orbit is analyzed to demonstrate solar sailing using active attitude stabilization of …
A scalable bus-based attitude control system for Solar Sails
Recently, there has been a renewed interest in Solar Sails as an alternative means of space
propulsion. Many different attitude control systems have been designed for Solar Sails …
propulsion. Many different attitude control systems have been designed for Solar Sails …
[PDF][PDF] Low-cost gossamer systems for solar sailing & spacecraft deorbiting applications
JM Fernandez - phdthesis, University of Surrey, 2014 - openresearch.surrey.ac.uk
Nowadays, a technology demonstrator platform popular amongst the research community
given their relatively low cost and short development time are cubesats. Nevertheless …
given their relatively low cost and short development time are cubesats. Nevertheless …