Solar Sailing for Deep-Space Explorations

Orbit Design, Station Keeping, and Formation Flying

Chen Gao, Wei Wang (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

282 Seiten

2025
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-95-0108-3 (ISBN)

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This book focuses on the solar sailing technique and investigates in detail its applications for deep-space explorations focusing on the Earth-Moon, Sun-Earth and Sun-planet systems. Solar sailing is an advanced and propellent-free form of low-thrust propulsion, and therefore, a perfect option for energy-demanding and long-duration space missions. This book covers the topics on non-Keplerian orbit designs, low-thrust station-keeping, and spacecraft formation flying using solar sailing from, in particular, the perspectives of dynamics and control. Given its breadth of coverage, the book offers a valuable reference guide for researchers and engineers who are interested in the solar sailing technique and, in particular, its dynamics and control in deep-space exploration missions.

Dr. Chen Gao got his B.E. degree in Flight Vehicle Design and Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University (China) in 2015, and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Science and Technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University (China) and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), respectively, in 2022. He is now an Associated Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University (China) and has been working on different topics of Astrodynamics, including station keeping, solar sailing and formation flying. Dr. Wei Wang received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 2010, 2013 and 2018, respectively. From 2015 to 2017, he has been a visiting scholar in the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. His research interests include astrodynamics, solar sail, electric sail, and spacecraft formation flying.

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Dynamic models and computation methods.- Part I Orbit design and station keeping.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	99 Illustrations, color; 48 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
Schlagworte	Deep-space Exploration • Dynamics and Control • formation flying • orbit design • Solar Sailing • Station Keeping
ISBN-10	981-95-0108-3 / 9819501083
ISBN-13	978-981-95-0108-3 / 9789819501083
Zustand	Neuware