Solar sail trajectory design for exploration of asteroids from/to space port around L2 point

Taku Hamasaki, Jun'Ichiro Kawaguchi

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Abstract

This paper focuses on a round-trip trajectory design for solar sailing exploration. Recently, round-trip sample return missions are gathering strong attention owing to the great achievement by Hayabusa. While, solar sailing technology is now developing, which is a technology to obtain acceleration by making use of solar radiation pressure, and is regarded as an efficient technology for the deep-space exploration. And currently there can be expected a plan of Deep Space Port around L2 point in the Sun-Earth system; it will make solar sailing exploration efficient. In this context, the objective of this study is designing and investigating the round-trip exploration trajectory originating from and ending at L2 point. The whole sequence is divided into several phases, and each of them is optimized. This trajectory design method is useful for asteroid fly-by and sample return missions. Besides, station keeping orbits around L2 point are designed. Two kinds of control are considered; attitude control and spin rate control, and both proved to be available for making the periodic orbit. Although the designed orbits are unstable, a stabilization method based on feedback control is established in this paper. Both direct control of the attitude and attitude control via only spin rate control stabilize the periodic orbit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAstrodynamics 2013 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
PublisherUnivelt Inc.
Pages3399-3417
Number of pages19
ISBN (Print)9780877036050
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Astrodynamics 2013 - Hilton Head Island, SC, United States
Duration: 11 Aug 201315 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume150
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

Conference

Conference2013 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Astrodynamics 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHilton Head Island, SC
Period11/08/1315/08/13

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