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
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- ISBN
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9783540210627
3540210628
- Dimensions
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25 cm
- Extent
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XXV, 296 S.
- Edition
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Reprinted and reissued 2004
- Language
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Deutsch
- Notes
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Ill., graph. Darst.
Literaturangaben
- Classification
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Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau
- Keyword
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Sonnensegel
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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London, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris, Tokyo, Chichester, UK
- (who)
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Springer, Praxis Publ.
- (when)
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2004
- Creator
- Table of contents
- Rights
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- Last update
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Associated
- McInnes, Colin Robert
- Springer, Praxis Publ.
Time of origin
- 2004