Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications - Rilegato

Libro 53 di 407: Springer Praxis Books

McInnes, Colin Robert

 
9783540210627: Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications

Sinossi

Solar sailing - using the sun as a propellant - offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions that are impossible with conventional spacecraft. This first comprehensive book on this propulsion method provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level, but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layperson. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications.

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Contenuti

Introduction to Solar Sailing.- Solar Radiation Pressure.- Solar Sail Design.- Solar Sail Orbital Dynamics.- Non-Keplerian Orbits.- Mission Application Case Studies.- Laser-driven Light Sails.

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9781852331023: Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  185233102X ISBN 13:  9781852331023
Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 1999
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