TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and application of solar sailing: A review on key technologies
AU - Zhao, Pengyuan
AU - Wu, Chenchen
AU - Li, Yangmin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Solar sail technology has been proposed and developed for space explorations with advantages of low launch cost, no-propellant consumption, and continuous thrust, which has great potentials in earth polar detection, interstellar explorations and etc. The development of solar sail has made significant progress in structural design, manufacturing, materials, orbit transfer, and stability control in the past few decades, which makes meaningful contributions to astronomy, physics, and aerospace science. Technological breakthroughs of Solar Radiation Pressure (SRP) propulsion and interstellar transfer have been achieved in current solar sail missions. However, there are still many challenges and problems need to be solved. This paper attempts to summarize the research schemes and potential applications of solar sailing in space missions from the viewpoint of key technologies, so as to provide an overall perspective for researchers in this field. Analyses of the key technologies of solar sailing system design are provided. Finally, challenges and prospective development of solar sailing are discussed.
AB - Solar sail technology has been proposed and developed for space explorations with advantages of low launch cost, no-propellant consumption, and continuous thrust, which has great potentials in earth polar detection, interstellar explorations and etc. The development of solar sail has made significant progress in structural design, manufacturing, materials, orbit transfer, and stability control in the past few decades, which makes meaningful contributions to astronomy, physics, and aerospace science. Technological breakthroughs of Solar Radiation Pressure (SRP) propulsion and interstellar transfer have been achieved in current solar sail missions. However, there are still many challenges and problems need to be solved. This paper attempts to summarize the research schemes and potential applications of solar sailing in space missions from the viewpoint of key technologies, so as to provide an overall perspective for researchers in this field. Analyses of the key technologies of solar sailing system design are provided. Finally, challenges and prospective development of solar sailing are discussed.
KW - Deployment mechanism
KW - Membrane structures
KW - Solar radiation pressure
KW - Solar sails
KW - Solar sail missions
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cja.2022.11.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cja.2022.11.002
M3 - Review article
SN - 1000-9361
VL - 36
SP - 125
EP - 144
JO - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
JF - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
IS - 5
ER -