Demonstrative Study of Spacecraft Guidance and Navigation Utilizing Solar Radiation Pressure

本研究系探讨一种利用太阳辐射压力，且不需燃料的姿态与轨道导引与控制。提出了一种新的航天器动力学模型--广义旋转帆模型，有效地提取了太阳辐射压对航天器平动和转动运动的影响。利用日本世界上第一艘太阳帆航天器IKAROS的飞行数据对该模型进行了验证。然后将其应用于开发一种新的无燃料姿态/轨道制导和控制方法，该方法仅利用太阳辐射压力，这是深空任务的无限能源。

This research studies an attitude and orbital trajectory guidance and control which utilizes solar radiation pressure, and does not require fuel. A novel dynamics model called "Generalized Spinning Sail Model" has been developed, which effectively extracts the solar radiation pressure effect on translational and rotational motion of spacecraft. The model was validated using flight data of IKAROS, the Japanese world first solar sail spacecraft. Then the result was applied for developing a novel fuelless attitude/orbit guidance and control method which only utilizes solar radiation pressure, an unlimited energy source for deep space missions.