Solar Sail Formation Flying for Deep-Space Remote Sensing
Solar Sail Formation Flying for Deep-Space Remote Sensing
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DOI：
10.2514/1.42404
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发表时间：
2009-06
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
J. Biggs;C. McInnes
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作者：
J. Biggs;C. McInnes
在本文中，我们考虑如何“近期”太阳帆可以用于形成以上的黄道平面提供平台，准确和连续的遥感地球的极地地区。通过识别黄道面上方的周期轨道族，研究了太阳帆椭圆限制性三体问题（ERTBP）的动力学。此外，我们发现一个家庭的1年周期轨道，每个轨道对应于一个独特的太阳帆的方向，使用数值延拓方法。通过大量的实例数值模拟发现，这类轨道可用于太阳帆编队飞行。此外，数值计算表明，太阳帆可以提供稳定的编队保持平台，是强大的注入误差。此外，实际的轨道，通过接近地球和风到这些周期性轨道以上的黄道被确定。
In this paper we consider how 'near' term solar sails can be used in formation above the ecliptic plane to provide platforms for accurate and continuous remote sensing of the polar regions of the Earth. The dynamics of the solar sail elliptical restricted three-body problem (ERTBP) are exploited for formation flying by identifying a family of periodic orbits above the ecliptic plane. Moreover, we find a family of 1 year periodic orbits where each orbit corresponds to a unique solar sail orientation using a numerical continuation method. It is found through a number of example numerical simulations that this family of orbits can be used for solar sail formation flying. Furthermore, it is illustrated numerically that Solar Sails can provide stable formation keeping platforms that are robust to injection errors. In addition practical trajectories that pass close to the Earth and wind onto these periodic orbits above the ecliptic are identified.