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Hybrids of solar sail, solar electric, and solar thermal propulsion for solar-system exploration

Hybrids of solar sail, solar electric, and solar thermal propulsion for solar-system exploration

Wilcox, Brian H.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/45007
Date: 2012-03-03
Keywords: In-space Propulsion
Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012
Citation: 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 3-10, 2012

Abstract:

Solar sails have long been known to be an attractive method of propulsion in the inner solar system if the areal density of the overall spacecraft (S/C) could be reduced to ~10 g/m². It has also long been recognized that the figure (precise shape) of useful solar sails needs to be reasonably good, so that the reflected light goes mostly in the desired direction.

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