Solar Orbiter: Mission and spacecraft design
| Autor: | A. Arts, M. Mascarello, C. García Marirrodriga, S. Lodiot, Daniel Müller, S. Strandmoe, Y. Bonnefous, E. Palombo, C. Hernández, R. Fels, J. Fiebrich, A. Pacros, M. Arcioni, N. Brahimi, A. Urwin, C. Ashcroft, S. Fahmy, I. Zouganelis, L. Ayache, K. Wirth, C. Philippe, J. Ramachandran, Y. Le Deuff, G. Déprez, A. Junge, J. M. Sánchez Pérez, U. Ragnit, L. Icardi, Philippe Laget, A. Oganessian, F. Liebold, C. Damasio, S. Thürey, Fabrice Cipriani, C. Hass, F. Marliani, P. Kletzkine, M. M. Stienstra, P. Olivier, P. De Jong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
Scientific instrument Solar System Spacecraft business.industry Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Spacecraft design 010305 fluids & plasmas Orbital inclination law.invention Orbiter Heliophysics Space and Planetary Science law Physics::Space Physics 0103 physical sciences Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Aerospace engineering business 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Heliosphere |
| Zdroj: | Astronomy & Astrophysics. 646:A121 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0746 0004-6361 |
| Popis: | The main scientific goal of Solar Orbiter is to address the central question of heliophysics: ‘how does the Sun create and control the heliosphere?’ To achieve this goal, the spacecraft carries a unique combination of ten scientific instruments (six remote-sensing instruments and four in-situ instruments) towards the innermost regions of the Solar System, to as close as 0.28 AU from the Sun during segments of its orbit. The orbital inclination will be progressively increased so that the spacecraft reaches higher solar latitudes (up to 34° towards the end of the mission), making detailed studies of the polar regions of the Sun possible for the first time. This paper presents the spacecraft and its intended trip around the Sun. We also discuss the main engineering challenges that had to be addressed during the development cycle, instrument integration, and testing of the spacecraft. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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