Solar sail formation flying on an inclined Earth orbit

被引：25

作者：

Gong, Shengping ^{[1
]}

Gao Yunfeng ^{[1
]}

Li, Junfeng ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Tsinghua Univ, Sch Aerosp, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

来源：

ACTA ASTRONAUTICA | 2011年 / 68卷 / 1-2期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Solar sail; Formation flying; Earth magnetotail; GEOSAIL; ESCAPE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.08.022

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The versatility of solar sail propulsion can be utilized in the exploration of Earth's magnetotail. An inclined periodic orbit with respect to ecliptic is possible for a solar sail with its orbital plane in synchronous rotation with the sun. Solar sail evolving on such an inclined orbit is free of Earth shadow. Formation flying of a cluster of sails around such an inclined periodic orbit is investigated in this paper. The solution of the first-order approximation to the linear relative motion is used to qualitatively analyze the configurations of relative orbits. Since the relative motion is unstable, active control is necessary to keep a periodic relative motion. A typical LQR method is employed to stabilize the relative motion. The design method is validated by numerical examples. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：226 / 239

页数：14

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