Sunjammer : Preliminary end-to-end mission design
Heiligers, Jeannette and Diedrich, Benjamin and Derbes, Bill and McInnes, Colin (2014) Sunjammer : Preliminary end-to-end mission design. In: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2014, 2014-08-04 - 2014-08-07, California.
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Abstract
This paper provides a preliminary end-to-end mission design for NASA’s Sunjammer solar sail mission, which is scheduled for ground test deployment in 2015 with launch at a later date and targets the sub-L1 region for advanced solar storm warning. The artificial equilibrium points (AEPs) in the sub-L1 region accessible by the Sunjammer sail as well as solar sail Halo orbits are investigated. Subsequently, the fly-out from an Earth GTO into either a selected sub-L1 AEP or Halo orbit is optimized for a trade-off between the AV to be provided at GTO perigee and the time of flight. In addition, interesting, time-optimal extended mission scenarios are presented to underpin future solar sail mission applications, e.g. transferring to an AEP high above the ecliptic plane for high-latitude Earth observation. All analyses are carried out both for an ideal Sunjammer sail performance as well as for a realistic performance derived from a detailed sail structural analysis. A comparison of the results shows that non-ideal sail properties increase the time of flight of the trajectories by 2.4 - 7.9%.
Creators(s): | Heiligers, Jeannette, Diedrich, Benjamin, Derbes, Bill and McInnes, Colin; | Item type: | Conference or Workshop Item(Paper) |
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ID code: | 49051 |
Keywords: | sunjammer, soalr sailing, trajectory optimisation, space mission design, artificial equilibrium points, hao orbits, extended mission concepts, circular restricted three-body problem, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering |
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: | 15 Aug 2014 14:43 |
Last modified: | 21 Feb 2021 02:56 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49051 |
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