Design and trade-offs of a pole-sitter mission

Ceriotti, Matteo and Heiligers, Jeannette and McInnes, Colin (2013) Design and trade-offs of a pole-sitter mission. In: 3rd International Symposium on Solar Sailing, 2013-06-11 - 2013-06-13.

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Abstract

This paper provides a mission analysis and systems design of a pole-sitter mission, i.e. a spacecraft that is continuously above an Earth Pole, and can provide real-time, continuous and hemispherical coverage of the polar regions. Two different propulsion strategies are proposed: solar electric propulsion (SEP) and SEP hybridized with a solar sail. For both, minimum-propellant pole-sitter orbits and transfers are designed, assuming Soyuz and Ariane 5 launch options. A mass budget analysis allows for a trade-off between mission lifetime and payload mass capacity (up to 7 years for 100 kg), and candidate payloads for a range of applications are investigated.

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Item type:	Conference or Workshop Item(Paper)
ID code:	44103
Dates:	Date Event 11 June 2013 Published
Keywords:	pole-sitter, polar observation, trajectory optimisation, solar electric propulsion, soalr sailing, hybrid propulsion, space systems design, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Mechanics
Subjects:	Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Department:	Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing
Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
Date deposited:	18 Jun 2013 09:32
Last modified:	11 May 2021 08:10
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URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44103

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