Solar sail trajectory optimization for the Solar Polar Imager (SPI) mission

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 532-549

  Dachwald, Bernd ^a,c,d   Ohndorf, Andreas ^a,e   Wie, Bong ^b,d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d AIAA ^*  (United States)

^e Institute of Space Simulation   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TRAJECTORIES;

HYPERBOLIC EXCESS ENERGY; SOLAR POLAR IMAGER (SPI); SOLAR SAIL FILM; SUN-EARTH CONNECTION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33845996500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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