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SOLAR SAILS
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radiation on objects within its reach. It is one of the source of orbital perturbations and is the main source of propulsion for solar sail. According to theory of special relativity, photons are massless their energy (E) and momentum (p) are related by :E=p*c The momentum the photons carry are transferred to the surface. The disturbance force can be expressed simply as F = P*S*Cr*R Radiation pressure is about 105 Pa at earths distance from the sun The radiation pressure force is inexorable and requires no fuel mass
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Radiation Pressure
Waves not only carry energy but also momentum. The effect is very small (we dont ordinarily feel pressure from light). If light is completely absorbed during an interval Dt, the momentum transferred is given by
Newtons law:
Dp Dt
Supposing one has a wave that hits a surface of area A (perpendicularly), the amount of energy transferred to that surface in time Dt will be therefore
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The design of reflector should be large enough to get a suitable acceleration but of so small a mass to be pushed and accelerated up to a significant speed by incident photons from the Sun. In the above figure I = incident light; R = reflected light; FI = incident force; FR = reaction force , F = the resultant; S = the sail In realistic situation (non perfect reflector) thrust will no longer be inclined as some incident photons will be absorbed and subsequently re-radiated as thermal radiation.
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The SRP force acting on a sail surface with area A is also often approximated as
F PAcos2
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Solar Flares
Solar flares are tremendous explosions on the surface of the Sun. In a matter of just a few minutes they heat material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons of TNT. They occur near sunspots, usually along the dividing line (neutral line) between areas of oppositely directed magnetic fields.
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Performance parameter:
Sail assembly loading:
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Booms:
In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole), along the foot (bottom) of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail . The primary action of the boom is to keep the foot of the sail flatter when the sail angle is away from the centerline of the boat. If booms alone are to support a solar
sail, they must act as columns and as beams. As columns, the booms prevent the sail from collapsing inward towards the center. As beams, the booms are stiff and fixed at the center.
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Using a combination of booms, masts, and stays, a 3axis stabilized solar sail can be made lighter, at the cost of the complexity. By supporting the booms with masts and stays, they only need to act as columns, and not as beams. The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. The masts are set perpendicular to the booms and stays connect between the booms to each other and to the masts. Stays are the heavy ropes, wires, or rods
The booms can be made much lighter because the stays and masts prevent the sail from folding up.
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Heliogyros:
The sail consists of several very long (twelve vanes, seven km in length in the JPL design) vanes extending from a central hub. The vehicle continues to spin in order to keep the vanes tight.
Square:
It is a 3-axis stabilized sail which is square in shape. one of the most fundamental structural and mechanical trade is the implementation of deployable booms.
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ATTITUDE CONTROL
Attitude control is the exercise of control over the orientation of an object with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity (the celestial sphere, certain fields, nearby objects, etc.). Controlling vehicle attitude requires
Sensors - to measure vehicle attitude) Actuators - to apply the torques needed ) Algorithms - to command the actuators based on
(1) sensor measurements of the current attitude (2) specification of a desired attitude.
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SENSORS
The input from the sensors triggers the corrections that are carried out by the reaction control systems and thrusters onboard the satellites. Types of Sensors
Star Sensor Earth Sensor Sun Sensor
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STAR SENSORS
Most accurate reference sources, especially for low earth orbits. Offers an accuracy of 0.001 degrees though complex and expensive. The processing logic catalogues stars according to their brightness and spectral type. Tracking error is minimized if bright stars (of the third or fourth magnitude) are brought into the field of view.
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Star Mappers
They scan the entire sky and can sense more than 1,500 stars up to the fifth magnitude. Attitude is computed as the position of each of the sensed star is already known. An advanced star sensor, developed by ISRO, identifies a star by comparing it with a star catalogue on board and computes the attitude of the satellite.
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EARTH SENSORS
It detects the change in radiance from space to Earth and again to space, when the satellites field of view of the scan path intersects the Earths disc. The temperature of the Earth (300 k) is sharply different from that of space (3 K). Taking into account the time difference between the two Crossover Points, the sensor detects the presence of Earth. Provides an accuracy of 0.3-1 degrees, whereas 0.1-0.3 degrees.
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SUN SENSORS
The sun sensor measures the sun angle with reference to the satellite. An analog sun sensor is used to point one of the satellites axes towards the sun as well as for orienting the solar panels in the direction of the sun in the geostationary orbit. A digital sun sensor measures the sun angle with reference to the satellites pitch axis. The light is passed through several transparent and opaque sections of the sun sensor reticle. A 0.125 change of the sun angle, a unique pattern is lighted up and is used as a code to orient the satellite towards the sun. INSATs have digital sun sensors.
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SLIDING MASSES
Also known as trim control or ballast masses are two small masses, which move inside and along the masts via lanyard line and electric motors. They also provide center of center of pressure to center of mass displacement. This can provide the pitch and yaw attitude control.
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VANES
Spar mounted tip vanes are small reflective panels attached to the end of the spar through drive motors. Although the forces generated is small, the large moment arm relative to the center of mass can provide suitable torques. These vanes provide pitch and roll attitude control. Yaw control can also be achieved through appropriate combination of pitch and roll control. They provide excellent control authority but raise additional demands for sail structural design, posing problems for packing and deployment.
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THRUSTERS
A micro Plasma Pulsed Thruster ( PPT ) is the most suitable for sails because it does not require propellant tanks, micromachined valves and feed systems. The PPT, uses solid Teflon as propellant, electric power to ionize and electromagnetically accelerates plasma to high exhaust velocities. The plasma is then accelerated to high exhaust velocities by the Lorentz force. The interaction of the current and the self-imposed magnetic field generates the j B Lorentz force.
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STOWAGE
The two dimensional folding pattern called rotationally skew fold
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DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE :The deployment sequence is as follows: 1) Separation from rocket with slow spin (5 rpm) 2) Spin down using RCS (5 rpm -> 2 rpm) 3) Release of launch lock 4) Spin up using RCS (2 rpm -> 20 rpm) 5) First stage of the deployment (20 rpm -> 5 rpm) 6) Second stage of the deployment (5 rpm -> 2 rpm) 7) Spin down using RCS (2 rpm -> 1 rpm) Video simulation of deployment steps of IKAROS SOLAR SAIL 8) Control of spin direction and rate using steering devices. The spin rate in both deployment stages is decreased because the moment of inertia of the sail is increased. Page 37
DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM
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Deployment mechanism
Two types of deployment :
Continuous deployment
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ZNAMYA EXPERIMENTS
Znamya (Banner) - Main goal was to test large thin film deployable structures as well as some applications. to verify the concept of the system, to test stability to control the large thin film structure in space. to run "Novey Svet" (New Light) experiment
Znamya-2:
- Frst practical experiment for the system. - 20- meter thin film structure was successfully deployed using centrifugal forces onboard of Progress M-15 cargo spacecraft. - Monitored using telemetry and visual devices. Znamya-2.5 - enlarged size and film tailoring improvements the reflected light - 5-10 times brighter; - used to point reflected beam to a few cities after sunset.
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COSMOS 1
Cosmos 1, a joint project of The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios, was built in Russia.
Cosmos 1, the first solar sail never had a chance to test its revolutionary technology: On June 21, 2005, Cosmos 1 was launched as planned from the submarine Borisoglebsk of the Russian Northern Fleet. Unfortunately, the first stage of the Volna failed and never completed its scheduled burn, and the spacecraft did not enter its intended orbit.
Immediate Goal: To prove that solar sailing is possible. Grand Concept: To establish solar sailing as a feasible and effective technology. Its eight triangular blades are 15 meters (49 feet) in length, and have a total surface area of 600 square meters (6500 square feet)
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NANOSAIL-D
NanoSail-D experiment was developed and built by NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., in collaboration with NASAs Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. First launch and deployment was in August 2008 on a Falcon 1, which experienced problems that resulted in the loss of the launch vehicle and payloads. But 2 NanoSailD flight units were constructed, in case 1 failed or another launch opportunity became available. NanoSail-D, launched in late 2010 and ejected 7 days after launch, was one of 6 payloads on FASTSAT.
The orbit was to be higher and circular which made NanoSail-D more visible to astronomers on the ground and changed the mission duration to 70-120 days.
The sail was made of an ultra-thin reflective polymer called CP-1. It was 7.5 microns thick with a surface area of approx. 100 sq. feet when unfurled.
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Membrane: 7.5-micrometer thickness polyimide resin with aluminium vapour deposited on one side; reinforced to prevent splitting Page
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In their next solar sail project, they intend to pair a solar sail 10 times larger than that of IKAROS with the ion engines that took the Hayabusa satellite to asteroid Itokawa and back for a mission to Jupiter. They are eyeing a 2019 or 2020 launch so this craft can rendezvous with planned U.S. and European missions and travel to the sphere of Jupiter by combining solar sail technology and a high-performance ion engine.
Objectives: To verify navigation technology and demonstrate the solar sail. Power generation using thin-film solar cells attached on the membrane in addition to acceleration by solar radiation. In the case of a solar power sail, it can gain the necessary electric power using a vast area of thin film solar cells on the membrane even when the demonstrator is away from the sun. The IKAROS is, therefore, an ambitious mission to verify the above two technologies together which are essential for us to explore deep space as it would still be possible to Page 49 generate sufficient electricity for a mission using a solar array on the sail.
The success criteria of the IKAROS mission are summarized as follows: Deployment of a large membrane sail in space using a similar mechanical device and procedures to those in a Solar Power Sail craft. It requires housekeeping data that verify the expansion status of the membrane. Generation of electricity from the thin-film layer of solar cells on the membrane verified by housekeeping data. Demonstration of the photon propulsion technique including verification data of the reflectance parameters to determine the diffuse and specula properties of the radiation impinging on the sail. Also, measurement of the overall sail reflectance, the temperature, and the condition of the sail surface under the influence of debris impacts. Demonstration of GN&C techniques in support of solar sail propulsion involving navigation and orbit determination under the conditions of continuous but tiny acceleration. There must be means to control the acceleration direction and to maintain the attitude of the spacecraft.
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Scientific Objectives in Solar Power Sail Mission: A Mapping Observation of Background Emission Jovian Science: Magnetosphere, Jovian Satellites, Jovian Atmosphere (option) Flybys with Trojan Asteroids and Main-belt Asteroids (Extended Flight Segment) Gamma-Ray Bursts Detectors A Large Area Dust Counter
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LASER SAILING
Laser propulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote laser system and separate from the reaction mass. Advantages : Highly directional Efficiency Disadvantages : Location of laser is a problem Divergence
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In suns orbit Advantages :More power can be produced No atmosphere no added divergence Pointing easier only lasers motion to be considered . Two or three lasers could be used in such a way that one of them is always pointing towards the sail Problem :Page 56 Divergence
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MICROWAVE SAILING
Cheaper than lasers High efficiency. Microwaves generation has much higher efficiency than laser beams, leading to lower cost of power and reduced waste heat. Phased arrays. Microwave phased-arrays are an off-the-shelf technology. Large apertures. Large microwave apertures are much easier to fabricate than large laser apertures. Lightweight mesh sails. Microwave sails need not be a solid film, but can be perforated as long as the hole size <<l Disadvantage Large sizes. Microwaves have wavelength four orders of magnitude longer than that of visible light. A microwave sail propulsion system must have a diameter 10,000 times larger than that pushed by an optical sail to put the same power on the same sized target at the same distance. Page 58
MICROWAVE SAILING
A way of using microwave technology in solar sails is to insert a thin film focusing lens into the microwave beam between the transmitter and the sailcraft . But , the problem is that of another large optical component that must be positioned accurately .
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APPLICATIONS
Space Science: Help to solve the mysteries of the universe by use of probes which can enter the fringes of interstellar space with a short flight time. Exploration of the solar system: A propulsion system which will conduct comprehensive exploration of the entire solar system (including beyond the planets) . Search for life beyond Earth. Revolutionize our access to space: Light sails could be a means to deliver payloads on rendezvous missions to the outer planets.
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THANK YOU
NAME ABID NABI KHANDEY ANJANA KUMARI MANISH TRIPATHI MUSHFIQ SARFARAZ SADHANA SINGH TEJASVI THANAI ROLL NO. 1 2 16 17 22 30
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