Solar radiation pressure-augmented deorbiting: Passive end-of-life disposal from high-altitude orbits
| Autor: | Charlotte Lücking, Colin R. McInnes, Camilla Colombo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Physics
020301 aerospace & aeronautics business.industry Sun-synchronous orbit Aerospace Engineering Orbital eccentricity 02 engineering and technology Frozen orbit Graveyard orbit 01 natural sciences Orbital station-keeping 0203 mechanical engineering Space and Planetary Science Physics::Space Physics 0103 physical sciences Orbit (dynamics) Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Circular orbit Aerospace engineering Orbital maneuver business 010303 astronomy & astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets |
| Popis: | A deorbiting strategy for small satellites is proposed that exploits the effect of solar radiation pressure to increase the spacecraft orbit eccentricity so that the perigee falls below an altitude where atmospheric drag will cause the spacecraft orbit to naturally decay. This is achieved by fitting the spacecraft with an inflatable reflective balloon. Once this is fully deployed, the overall area-to-mass ratio of the spacecraft is increased; hence, solar radiation pressure and aerodynamic drag have a greatly increased effect on the spacecraft orbit. An analytical model of the orbit evolution due to solar radiation pressure and the J2 effect as a Hamiltonian system show the evolution of an initially circular orbit. The maximum reachable orbit eccentricity as a function of semimajor axis and area-to-mass ratio is found analytically for deorbiting from circular equatorial orbits of different altitudes. The analytical planar model is then adapted for sun-synchronous orbits. The model is validated numerically... |
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