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.
Creators(s): | Ceriotti, Matteo, Heiligers, Jeannette and McInnes, Colin; | Item type: | Conference or Workshop Item(Paper) |
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ID code: | 44103 |
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: | 03 Mar 2021 03:42 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44103 |
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