Solar sailing : technology, dynamics and mission applications

Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long- distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications. This book introduces the subject and at the same time provides a technical reference source. TOC:Introduction to Solar Sailing.- Solar Radiation Pressure.- Solar Sail Design.- Solar Sail Orbital Dynamics.- Non-Keplerian Orbits.- Mission Application Case Studies.- Laser-driven Light Sails.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
ISBN
9783540210627
3540210628
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
XXV, 296 S.
Edition
Reprinted and reissued 2004
Language
Deutsch
Notes
Ill., graph. Darst.
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Classification
Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau
Keyword
Sonnensegel

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
London, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris, Tokyo, Chichester, UK
(who)
Springer, Praxis Publ.
(when)
2004
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