Geosail: A novel solar sail mission concept for geospace

D. Alexander; C.R. McInnes; V. Angelopoulos; A.W. Sandeman; M. Macdonald; Mohammed S. El-Genk

Geosail: A novel solar sail mission concept for geospace

D. Alexander, C.R. McInnes, V. Angelopoulos, A.W. Sandeman, M. Macdonald, Mohammed S. El-Genk (Editor)

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

The GeoSail mission employs a low-performance solar sail, attainable with the current state-of-the-art technologies, to carry out breakthrough scientific measurements in the Earth's magnetotail. A solar sail ~40-50m across can achieve the 0.1 mm/s2 acceleration required to provide the necessary precession rate. Such a mission provides a scientific milestone on the road to significantly more advanced solar sail missions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding of the AIP Space Technology and Appications International Forum/Staif 2002, Innovative Transportation Systems and Beyond
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Pages	305-312
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	1-56396-980-7
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

solar sails
spacecraft
space travel
guidance systems
orbits

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