High energy small body missions using solar sail propulsion
McInnes, Colin and Hughes, Gareth W. and Macdonald, M.; (2006) High energy small body missions using solar sail propulsion. In: Proceedings of the 56th International Astronautical Congress. Curran Associates. ISBN 9781604236484
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A range of mission concepts will be discussed which explore the use of solar sail propulsion for high-energy small body missions. It will be shown that a modest sized solar sail can enable high energy small body sample return from extremely demanding targets, while a larger solar sail can quickly deliver a significant payload to high eccentricity comets. Lastly, it will be shown that potentially hazardous near Earth asteroids can be deflected using kinetic energy impacts by using a solar sail to deliver the impactor to a high-energy retrograde orbit.
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 6271 Dates: DateEvent2006PublishedSubjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. AstronauticsDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and ManufacturingDepositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 09 Jul 2008 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 12:24 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/6271