A solar sail system design for the magnetotail detection mission

Chao Chen; Qianfeng Jing; Fujun Peng; Changhuan Wang

A solar sail system design for the magnetotail detection mission

Chao Chen^*
, Qianfeng Jing
, Fujun Peng
, Changhuan Wang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Aerospace System Engineering Shanghai

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Abstract

A solar sail system was proposed for the Earth's magnetotail detection mission in this paper, in order to keep the semi-major of the detector's orbit always in the area of magnetotail. The orbit and process of the solar-sailed magnetotail mission was designed and the feasibility was analyzed. The compositions of the satellite platform and the solar sail system were introduced. The unfolding system and the attitude control system of the solar sail were designed, and a digital prototype of the sail was built. The results of the unfolding tests carried out with the digital prototype proved the availability of the system.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume	0
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	67th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2016 - Guadalajara, Mexico Duration: 26 Sep 2016 → 30 Sep 2016

Keywords

Magnetotail detection
Solar sail

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A solar sail system design for the magnetotail detection mission

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