Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications / Edition 1

by Colin R. McInnes

Overview

Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications. This book introduces the subject and at the same time provides a technical reference source.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540210627
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	04/28/2004
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Edition description:	1st ed. 1999. 2nd printing 2004
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to Solar Sailing.- Solar Radiation Pressure.- Solar Sail Design.- Solar Sail Orbital Dynamics.- Non-Keplerian Orbits.- Mission Application Case Studies.- Laser-driven Light Sails.