Solar sail near-optimal circular transfers with plane change

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 456-463

  Mengali, Giovanni ^a,b   Quarta, Alessandro A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ORBITS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

FITTING FUNCTIONS; INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TIME PROBLEMS; MISSION PARAMETERS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTIMAL RESULTS; SOLAR SAIL SPACECRAFT;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 65949118068     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.38079     Document Type: Article

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