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Solar Sail Spaceflight SimulationThe Solar Sail Spaceflight Simulation Software (S5) toolkit provides solar-sail designers with an integrated environment for designing optimal solar-sail trajectories, and then studying the attitude dynamics/control, navigation, and trajectory control/correction of sails during realistic mission simulations. Unique features include a high-fidelity solar radiation pressure model suitable for arbitrarily-shaped solar sails, a solar-sail trajectory optimizer, capability to develop solar-sail navigation filter simulations, solar-sail attitude control models, and solar-sail high-fidelity force models.
Document ID
20100010965
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Lisano, Michael
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Evans, James
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ellis, Jordan
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Schimmels, John
(Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services United States)
Roberts, Timothy
(Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services United States)
Rios-Reyes, Leonel
(Michigan Univ. MI, United States)
Scheeres, Daniel
(Michigan Univ. MI, United States)
Bladt, Jeff
(Ball Aerospace Systems Div. United States)
Lawrence, Dale
(Colorado Univ. CO, United States)
Piggott, Scott
(Odyssey Aerospace Corp. United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 2007
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs, September 2007
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
NPO-43641
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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