Three-Dimensional Rapid Orbit Transfer of Diffractive Sail with a Littrow Transmission Grating-Propelled Spacecraft

A diffractive solar sail is an elegant concept for a propellantless spacecraft propulsion system that uses a large, thin, lightweight surface covered with a metamaterial film to convert solar radiation pressure into a net propulsive acceleration. The latter can be used to perform a typical orbit tra...

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Published in:	Aerospace
Main Author:	Alessandro A. Quarta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Subjects:	diffractive solar sail Littrow transmission grating heliocentric orbit transfer three-dimensional optimal guidance law preliminary trajectory design comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/11/925

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