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Solar-Sail Trajectory Design to Planetary Pole Sitters

2019; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Volume: 42; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2514/1.g003952

1533-3884

Merel Vergaaij, Jeannette Heiligers,

Space Satellite Systems and Control

No AccessEngineering NotesSolar-Sail Trajectory Design to Planetary Pole SittersMerel Vergaaij and Jeannette HeiligersMerel VergaaijDelft University of Technology, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands and Jeannette HeiligersDelft University of Technology, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsPublished Online:11 Feb 2019https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G003952SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] McInnes C. 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TopicsAstronomyCelestial Coordinate SystemCelestial MechanicsKepler's Laws of Planetary MotionPlanetary Science and ExplorationPlanetsSolar PhysicsSpace AgenciesSpace MissionsSpace Science and Technology KeywordsSolar Electric PropulsionEarthGeostationary Transfer OrbitGenetic AlgorithmLinkagesPerigeePseudospectral Optimal ControlPropellantEclipticNonlinear ProgrammingAcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank Matteo Ceriotti from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., for his constructive input on a previous version of this paper. Jeannette Heiligers also acknowledges support from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 658645 (Solar Sailing for Space Situational Awareness in the Lunar System).PDF Received6 July 2018Accepted18 December 2018Published online11 February 2019