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History of Solar Sail Flight Tests

History of Solar Sail Flight Tests. Louis Friedman 20 July 2010. History of Solar Sail Test Flights. History of Solar Sail Test Flights. Solar Sails In Development. Some Other History. Halley Comet Heilogyro Study at JPL. Mariner 10 used solar pressure for attitude control .

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History of Solar Sail Flight Tests

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  1. History of Solar Sail Flight Tests Louis Friedman 20 July 2010

  2. History of Solar Sail Test Flights

  3. History of Solar Sail Test Flights

  4. Solar Sails In Development

  5. Some Other History Halley Comet Heilogyro Study at JPL Mariner 10 used solar pressure for attitude control MESSENGER used solar pressure for navigation control of trajectory • World Space Federation private effort built sail • U3P in France another private effort • Abortive Columbus 500 Race to the Moon Competition had several private groups • ESA/DFVLR/Kayser-Threde development started for Volna launch • NASA/MSFC with Industry built two 20x20 meter prototypes • NASA ST9 mission proposal

  6. Now to the Present Congratulations to the Japan SPace Exploration Center (JSPEC) of JAXA for their IKAROS Solar Sail flight. We look forward o hearing more about the flight

  7. Now to the Present – IKAROSPiggyback on the Venus Climate Orbiter (Planet-C) Mission: June 2010 Congratulations to the Japan SPace Exploration Center (JSPEC) of JAXA for their IKAROS Solar Sail flight. We look forward o hearing more about the flight

  8. IKAROS’ Sail and Deployment Deploying the Solar Sail Tip Mass Solar Cell! Tether Steering Device Vary reflectance - current

  9. IKAROS in Space

  10. NASA Nanosail-D • Marshall Space Flight Center developed • Ames developed nanosat bus • Not for sailing, but for atmospheric drag • Aug 2008 flight lost when • Falcon 1 failed • First sought for TPS to fly spare spacecraft • MSFC changed mind: now planning to fly piggyback on DOD FastSat in Jan(?) 2010 • TPS nominally “part of” mission but doing nothing

  11. LightSail-1

  12. Solar SailsCharacteristic Acceleration (micro-g)

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