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Updated Heliostorm Warning Mission: Enhancements Based on New TechnologyThe Heliostorm (also referred to as Geostorm) mission has been regarded as the best choice for the first application of solar sail technology. The objective of Heliostorm is to obtain data from an orbit station slightly displaced from the ecliptic at or nearer to the Sun than 0.98 AU, which places it twice as close to the sun as Earth's natural L1 point at 0.993 AU. Heliostorm has been the subject of several mission studies over the past decade, with the most complete study conducted in 1999 in conjunction with a proposed New Millennium Program (NMP) Space Technology 5 (ST-5) flight opportunity. Recently, over a two and one-half year period dating from 2002 through 2005, NASA s In-Space Propulsion Technology Program (ISTP) matured solar sail technology from laboratory components to fully integrated systems, demonstrated in as relevant a space environment as could feasibly be simulated on the ground. Work under this program has yielded promising results for enhanced Heliostorm mission performance. This paper will present the preliminary results of an updated Heliostorm mission design study including the enhancements incorporated during the design, development, analysis and testing of the system ground demonstrator.
Document ID
20100033109
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Young, Roy M.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
July 20, 2010
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
M10-0813
Meeting Information
Meeting: Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2010)
Location: New York, NY
Country: United States
Start Date: July 20, 2010
End Date: July 22, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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