Solar sail trajectories with piecewise-constant steering laws

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 431-441

  Mengali, Giovanni ^a   Quarta, Alessandro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mission analysis; Solar sail; Trajectory optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TASK; CONTINUOUS CONTROL; CONTINUOUS STEERING; CONVENTIONAL PROPULSION; DIRECT APPROACH; FLIGHT TIME; INDIRECT METHODS; LOW-THRUST PROPULSION; MINIMUM TIME CONTROL; MISSION ANALYSIS; MISSION COSTS; PIECE-WISE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SOLAR SAIL; SOLAR SAIL TRAJECTORY; SOLAR SAILS; STEERING LAW; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION;

AERODYNAMICS; PROPULSION; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 70449533749     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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