NanoSail-D unfurled January 20th, 2011 and successfully demonstrated the deployment and deorbit capability of a solar sail in low Earth orbit. The orbit was strongly perturbed by solar radiation pressure, aerodynamic drag, and oblate gravity which were modeled using STK HPOP. A comparison of the ballistic coefficient history to the orbit parameters exhibits a strong relationship between orbital lighting, the decay rate of the mean semi-major axis and mean eccentricity.
NanoSail:D Orbital and Attitude Dynamics
Springer Praxis Books (formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)
2014-02-04
19 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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