Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications
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Main Author: McInnes, Colin Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1999
Series:Astronomy and Planetary Sciences
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XXIX, 296 p)
ISBN:9781447139928
9781852331023
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4471-3992-8

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