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

Abstract

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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Macdonald, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-4281

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	6271
  Dates:	Date Event 2006 Published
  Keywords:	solar sails, propulsion, mechanical engineering, control systems, guidance systems, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
  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:	Strathprints Administrator
  Date deposited:	09 Jul 2008
  Last modified:	29 Jul 2021 01:18
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/6271