Near-optimal solar-sail orbit-raising from low earth orbit

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 954-958

  Mengali, Giovanni ^a   Quarta, Alessandro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; EARTH (PLANET); OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH; STEERING;

AIR DRAG; LOW EARTH ORBIT; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE; SOLAR SAIL;

ORBITS;

EID: 27644527391     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14184     Document Type: Article

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