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Controlled solar sail transfers into near-sun regions combined with planetary gravity-assist flybys. / Koblik, V.; Polyakhova, E.; Sokolov, L.
In: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 86, No. 1, 05.2003, p. 59-80.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlled solar sail transfers into near-sun regions combined with planetary gravity-assist flybys
AU - Koblik, V.
AU - Polyakhova, E.
AU - Sokolov, L.
N1 - Funding Information: We appreciate fruitful collaboration with colleagues from Tuorla Observatory of Turku University, Finland and from the Sobolev Astronomical Institute of St. Petersburg State University, Russia. We thank C. Flynn and A. Shukhanov for helpful comments and suggestions. Our special thanks personally to Ms Heli Hurme, the International Liaison Officer of Turku University International Office for official cooperation background based on bilateral agreement between our Universities while writing this paper. Deep appreciation is expressed to all ‘solar sailors’ who addressed useful e-mail comments and encouragements to us during our research. We would like to thank anonymous referees, whose constructive criticism and language corrections, contributed greatly to the improvement of the first version of our paper. The work has been partially supported by the Academy of Finland Grant No. 44011, the Grants RFFI (Russian Foundation of Fundamental Investigations) No. 99-01-00706 and No. 02-01-01039 (E. Polyakhova), the Russian Leading Scientific School Grant No. 00-15-96775 (E. Polyakhova, L. Sokolov) and the Programme of scientific cooperation between St. Petersburg State University and the University of Turku.
PY - 2003/5
Y1 - 2003/5
N2 - Results of numerical simulations of 'local-optimal' (or 'instantaneously optimal') trajectories of a space probe with a flat solar sail which moves from the circular Earth orbit to near-Sun regions are presented. We examine planar (ecliptic) solar sail transfer with gravity-assist flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury. Several complex control modes of the sail tilt orientation angle for near-Sun orbits and for some 'falling onto the Sun' trajectories are investigated. The numerical simulations are used to examine the flight duration of some sail missions and to investigate the evolution of osculating elliptical orbits.
AB - Results of numerical simulations of 'local-optimal' (or 'instantaneously optimal') trajectories of a space probe with a flat solar sail which moves from the circular Earth orbit to near-Sun regions are presented. We examine planar (ecliptic) solar sail transfer with gravity-assist flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury. Several complex control modes of the sail tilt orientation angle for near-Sun orbits and for some 'falling onto the Sun' trajectories are investigated. The numerical simulations are used to examine the flight duration of some sail missions and to investigate the evolution of osculating elliptical orbits.
KW - Gravity-assist flyby
KW - Orbital manoeuvres
KW - Orbital transfer
KW - Solar sail
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1023626917595
DO - 10.1023/A:1023626917595
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0038741850
VL - 86
SP - 59
EP - 80
JO - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
JF - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
SN - 0923-2958
IS - 1
ER -
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