Dachwald, Bernd and Seboldt, Wolfgang and Richter, Lutz (2006) Multiple Rendezvous and Sample Return Missions to Near-Earth Objects Using Solar Sailcraft. Acta Astronautica, 58 (8-11), pp. 864-875. Elsevier Ltd.. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.061.
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Abstract
Solar sailcraft are due to their high ΔV-capability especially capable to perform multiple rendezvous and sample return missions to near-Earth objects. Even with moderate-performance solar sails of the first generation, challenging scientific missions are feasible at relatively low cost. Within this paper, it will be shown that a 300 kg-spacecraft (including a lander and a sample return capsule), propelled by a (70 m)<sup>2</sup> solar sail with an additional mass of about 110 kg (specific weight 23 g/m<sup>2</sup>), is capable to return a sample from a near-Earth asteroid to Earth within 10 years from launch. In another scenario, a solar sail of the same size and weight is able to propel a 75 kg-spacecraft to rendezvous three near-Earth asteroids subsequently within 7.6 years from launch (with about 200 days of operations at each asteroid). A larger solar sail of about (140 m)<sup>2</sup> would even be capable to transport a spacecraft that returns samples from the three near-Earth asteroids to Earth within about 10 years from launch.
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||
Title: | Multiple Rendezvous and Sample Return Missions to Near-Earth Objects Using Solar Sailcraft | ||||||||||||
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Date: | October 2006 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Acta Astronautica | ||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 58 | ||||||||||||
DOI : | 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.07.061 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 864-875 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Keywords: | Solar Sail, Sample Return, Near-Earth Asteroid | ||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W RP - Raumtransport | ||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W RP - Raumtransport | ||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - no assignment (old) | ||||||||||||
Location: | Köln-Porz | ||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Materials Physics in Space > Institute of Space Simulation | ||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Dachwald, Dr.-Ing. Bernd | ||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 10 Apr 2007 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2009 13:37 |
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